And then Arch scraped back his chair and asked to be excused.

Matthew Fraser scraped back his chair and came to her at once.

He pinched out the cigarette, scraped back his chair.

He ringed his napkin, scraped back the chair, made to get up, then had second thoughts.

Then he, too, scraped back his chair and stood.

He actually stood up, scraping back his chair with his knees.

It was a quarter to seven when they scraped back their chairs and stood up to stretch.

Women scraped back their hair and bound it on top of their heads.

Richard scraped back his chair and went into the living room to get the phone.

Tucker touched a hand to his shoulder briefly before scraping back a chair for himself.