He signaled the men, three hundred in all, holding the ropes to begin pulling.

Only when the rope began to jerk violently and stand out from the cliff did he get up.

Then their ropes began swimming for shore, as though they were snakes.

With the port only feet away the rope came loose of its mountings and began to snake through the air.

He undid the rope and the fast current began quickly carrying him downstream.

Great was his relief when the rope began slowly to pull him upwards.

We had almost got him up when the rope at the edge began to creak ominously.

The rope began to slip through his exhausted hands.

A rope began to descend from the white thing, with a small basket tied to its end.

The ropes began to fray-and all at once one of them snapped!