Locked

Examples

• How could my hair have been locked in the drawer? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He took his keys down while he was talking from a hook behind the fireplace, and locked his cottage door behind us. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I was not expected, for she left me locked in the yard, while she went to ask if I were to be admitted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Who has locked you up here alone? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But when she got into her own, she locked the door, and sate down to cry unwonted tears. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I've been locked up as much as a silver tea-kittle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I suppose it is all locked up as I left it? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The attic was no pleasant place: I believe he did not know how unpleasant it was, or he never would have locked me in with so little ceremony. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I know I ain't as cunning as you are,' replied Charlotte; 'but don't put all the blame on me, and say I should have been locked up. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I can't,' replied the girl; 'Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kittle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The moment after we heard it locked inside by Miss Rachel. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Gone in and locked his door, ma'am. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If there had been anything worth her taking, it would surely have been locked up. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yes, I'm afraid of some things--of being shut up, locked up anywhere--or being fastened. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Upon my word, Madam, Mr. Clump now said bluntly, I won't answer for her life if she remains locked up in that dark room. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• This done, the only proof left against you was the proof locked up in my drawer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Her features were handsome; but their natural play was so locked up, that it seemed impossible to guess at their genuine expression. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• About three o'clock in the afternoon they came about off a beautiful wooded shore opposite the mouth of what appeared to be a land-locked harbor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He came out, looked up at them--the pale cluster of faces--and smiled good courage to them, before he locked the factory-door. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Gudrun locked the door of the empty house. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This paper, now, 'Synoptical Tabulation' and so on, 'for the use of Mrs. Casaubon,' it was locked up in the desk with the will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• On that evening the horses had been exercised and watered as usual, and the stables were locked up at nine o'clock. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He shut the door softly, locked it, took the key, and left the house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I tapped at the door, and a little shrill voice inside said, We are locked in. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• She shut the door, and went half-way into the study; then turned back, as if moved by some passionate impulse, and locked the door inside. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I warn't locked up as often now as formerly, but I wore out my good share of key-metal still. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Being by this time a perfect Fury and a complete success, she made a dash at the door which I had fortunately locked. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It's not even locked up, he went on. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Typed by Emile