"Here I am middle class," he said, after barking orders over the radio, powered by a 10-volt car battery on the porch.

The guy behind the counter finally stopped staring and barked the order over his shoulder, not moving his eyes from her chest.

"There's no time, now, to explain," he barked over his shoulder as he ran to give them a hand.

Then he barked an order over his shoulder to the young knight.

I knocked on the door; the knocks barked sharply over stone floors.

"Positive, the commander is present," the fisherman barked over the telephone.

Then, looking as if he'd just eaten something distasteful, he turned and barked an order over his shoulder.

"Passing the movie theater," new agent Lehane barked over the radio.

"My business is going through the roof," she barked over the phone.

He turned and barked a hoarse command over his shoulder.