But a sharp tapping at the door stopped the answer of the chief.

Pasquale listened and he heard the sharp tapping of a hammer on stone.

There was a sudden, sharp tapping at the window which fronted the porch.

A faint, sharp tapping came against the window panes.

There was a sharp tapping at the door.

From the upper floor there came a shuffling, sliding sound with a sharp tapping of a stick.

Toinette had been asleep some hours when she was roused by a sharp tapping at the window pane.

There was a sharp tapping sound.

The sharp tapping sound of electrical discharge, and another small plume of white smoke rising from the wound.

The sharp tapping, shouts, and whoops set the crockery ringing in the cupboard and the flame of the candle dancing.

But I had only just begun to stammer out my appeal when there came a sharp tapping at the door.

Cat was sleepily scraping meat up from the carpet for the thirtieth time, when he heard a sharp tapping on the window.

He was leaning forward, anticipating the headlights of Walker's car, when a sharp tapping of metal on glass caused him to jump.

Soon they heard a sharp tapping sound as the arrows struck upon the rock, then there was a crashing among the bushes.