Surely, all of that twisting and untwisting began where the rope dropped away from the window.

My mind raced at the thought of what had happened, as the midwife's ropes dropped free.

A moment later a rope dropped and the watcher clambered down.

The knots fell apart, and the rope dropped away.

Even though not a single cut had been made against the back, the rope dropped easily into place.

The rope dropped in front of her like a dead snake.

Unfortunately when he made a sudden movement the rope dropped and fell down to the foot of the wall.

After a minute the ropes dropped loose and I rubbed my wrists.

She felt the shudder under her seat as the chained rope dropped.

Barney felt the rope drop a little and got a jerk as it came to rest on the next bar.