"We do make regular sweeps through the parks, and we often find that people have moved without telling us," Mr. Stark said.

As luck would have it, we were picked up within minutes by helicopters of the Internal Revenue Service, in their regular sweep of the desert for tax evaders.

The police make regular sweeps through Managua's markets, confiscating goods being sold in unlicensed stalls.

Giant machines made regular sweeps, stunning anything which moved.

After a pause he said, "I want a twenty-four hour listening watch set up on emergency frequencies, with regular sweeps on the amateur bands.

After some days, a dragon will appear and make regular sweeps across the land.

Malcolm says he walks straight ahead, making regular sweeps of the eye left and right in 15-foot swaths.

There would be regular sweeps with bomb-sniffing dogs before and after each service, and the stained glass windows would be treated with a special antishrapnel coating.

Her head made its regular sweep toward us, and Jem said, "Mrs. Dubose, are you all right?"

There was no escaping those dreadful eyes, and the regular sweep of those long white fingers on the cat's black fur seemed to send a cold shiver right down my spine.