But his numb hands kept tearing at the comb, bringing out luscious chunks which he threw to the ground below.

Harry tried but his eyes kept tearing.

"Well of course you will be if you keep tearing about the way you have done," said Eustace.

At first the pain kept tearing him away, but after a while he closed in on that sound.

It was the hand with which he kept tearing at his crotch.

"It keeps tearing a little more and a little more."

There had never been any hope of conversion; indeed, they were probably responsible for the wind that kept tearing the new roof off the chapel.

The men's glances kept tearing away toward the struggle.

It keeps tearing every play until it gets too painful to play.

All the same, something kept tearing at his trouser-legs and his ankles.