I heard no sounds, nothing but the ticking of my watch.

And all the while, one could hear the clock ticking.

The only sound came from the ticking of a clock.

Time began its ticking, like the beating of a heart.

There is a ticking, such as might be made by a clock.

There was no sound but the ticking of the clock.

For a moment there was only the ticking of a clock.

I would say that from this distance he could hear the ticking.

All he could think about now was the clock ticking, and his father waiting.

Do a great deal of form filling and box ticking.

The walls were so thick all you heard was the ticking of your watch.

Thomas heard a distant ticking in his mind as though time were running out on him.

The ticking of the clock began to bring itself into notice.

No sooner did Peter remember it than he heard the ticking.

He seemed to notice the ticking of the clock for the first time.

He sat listening to the ticking of the hot engine.

There was a long silence with just the ticking of the clock.

For some minutes the car just stood there, engine ticking, lights on.

Our room, overlooking the main road, is called Ticking, not that it says so on the door.

All was quiet except for the ticking of a clock.

At the same time the ticking of the meter slowed.

Turtles have the power to almost stop the ticking of their personal clock.

And I seem to hear the sound of a clock ticking."

What he heard was the ticking of his watch.

You hear only the murmuring wind and the ticking of his watch.

Most terrorism experts will tell you that the 'ticking time bomb' situation never occurs in real life, or very rarely.

Labour spokesman on Europe George Robertson described the new clause as a 'ticking time bomb' under the Government.

Global Strategy Forum also organises debates on topical issues, such as: 'Yemen and Somalia: a 'ticking time bomb'?'

Also, with his novel The Centurions, Lartéguy is credited with being the first to envision the 'ticking time bomb' scenario, which has regained relevance in recent debates on the use of torture in a counter-terrorism role.

But she would be gone before the end of tick season.

They are who she is and what makes her tick.

We can figure out how much time one tick would take according to the people on Earth.

Some ticks are so small that they can be difficult to see.

The body of the tick will be above your skin.

Some ticks are so small it is hard to see them.

You had to understand and project what made your character tick.

If they do, take the tick when you go to the doctor.

To do that you have to know what makes the Western world tick.

Spend 80 percent of your time alone, looking for ticks.

You could actually feel the ticks as they walked about your body.

Against four of these names he put a light tick.

I'll bring you all up to speed in a tick.

It took them over an hour to find all the ticks.

His season has been like that - off by a tick here and there.

The second thing is, how long was the tick attached?

Most of the questions may be answered with a tick.

He made a tick on a white sheet of paper.

He'll be here, she told herself, right on the tick.

And they may not even remember getting a tick bite.

Could she have missed the tick for all that time?

I've really had to learn what makes a 2-year-old tick.

"Out here, we have the ticks all over, and no one knows how to stop them."

Just put a tick or a cross, you know, which is what we're trying to do.

The total number of ticks show how far I am from my goal.

A check of the people at a company is also important.

They were still reading when we asked for our check.

Military research and development would have been held in check.

I thought they might have a check before you go.

Because said, are the children coming for a check up too.

But I do want to keep a check on her.

We've been running a close check on their whole program.

But they need not keep such a check upon us.

The only down side is having to go through another security check.

And they come right back after the check is gone.

I'll take care of the check on my way cut.

I have no idea what they ever did with the check.

He turned to make a further check on the body.

I'll have someone from my office check and then call you.

Yet I had seen him earlier at the check point.

But will they really take a check from just anyone?

I had to keep him in check all the time.

I left too much money on the table for the check.

Not a whole lot, but every two weeks I was getting a check.

The next check will include pay for the first 11 days of the month.

Here in the great white north, one check from behind and you're out of the game.

Do a check through the system and see if you can find anything our end.

He's not likely to get into much before I can come check on him.

She was a check out girl in the small college town where I went to school.

I wrote her a check for first, last and security.

She could almost hear the hour ticking away around her.

A strong interest in people and what makes them tick.

But maybe we can learn what makes him tick in other ways.

I can only hope we'll learn what makes him tick.

I started to tick off all the things we would need.

We need to know more about what makes them tick.

She kept the family time ticking at about 1870, I should say.

Time is ticking away, so we need to act soon.

You want to get inside his head, know what makes him tick.

I could not do so, but the minutes were ticking away.

And right now, with time ticking away, any lead was better than nothing.

But to get back to what makes him tick the way he does.

The minutes were ticking down, and he still had a job to do.

The last hours of his life were ticking away, yet he had nothing better to do.

You have to figure out where they are coming from and what makes them tick.

And with any change, you're going to tick people off.

By now, I should have learned something of what makes them tick.

Without another mind ticking away in the room, I was able to think more clearly.

Paul began to tick off the points on his left hand.

At the end of the commercial, the watch was still ticking.

But I think it's very easy to figure out what makes us tick.

Quickly, Will ticked off what they had and did not have.

When you might have ticked off all the other things.

Nobody seemed to know or care what made him tick.

She also raised a hand, and began to tick off points.

We're asked to check out a lot of things in the building.

At first, they simply called for everyone to check in.

How do you check to see if your level is true?

I was ready to check out in under 30 minutes.

One day last week, he called home to check on her.

She called the next day to check on the child.

Well just think back, and check out how you really act.

You have to check them out of one and into the other.

Check to see if she is in before you close the door.

And be sure to check back next week for more music news.

Your question may already have an answer, so check here first.

Feel free to check out what I've done so far.

And check back for more as the day goes on.

You really need to check out the live music they have.

She could never bring herself to check and find out.

He was one of the first to check the board.

For further information, check the position with your local tax office.

Hold on one moment and I'll just check for you.

Just a couple of things I want to check out.

My play would have been to check you out better.

The police had been around a few times to check on them.

In an hour or so she would go out and check him.

I had to check her work about six times a day.

"You came back to check the children again the following day?"

At least now he had a few more things to check.

She could almost hear the hour ticking away around her.

A strong interest in people and what makes them tick.

But maybe we can learn what makes him tick in other ways.

I can only hope we'll learn what makes him tick.

I started to tick off all the things we would need.

We need to know more about what makes them tick.

She kept the family time ticking at about 1870, I should say.

Time is ticking away, so we need to act soon.

You want to get inside his head, know what makes him tick.

I could not do so, but the minutes were ticking away.

And right now, with time ticking away, any lead was better than nothing.

But to get back to what makes him tick the way he does.

The minutes were ticking down, and he still had a job to do.

The last hours of his life were ticking away, yet he had nothing better to do.

You have to figure out where they are coming from and what makes them tick.

And with any change, you're going to tick people off.

By now, I should have learned something of what makes them tick.

Without another mind ticking away in the room, I was able to think more clearly.

Paul began to tick off the points on his left hand.

At the end of the commercial, the watch was still ticking.

But I think it's very easy to figure out what makes us tick.

Quickly, Will ticked off what they had and did not have.

When you might have ticked off all the other things.

Nobody seemed to know or care what made him tick.

She also raised a hand, and began to tick off points.

She could almost hear the hour ticking away around her.

Time is ticking away, so we need to act soon.

I could not do so, but the minutes were ticking away.

And right now, with time ticking away, any lead was better than nothing.

The last hours of his life were ticking away, yet he had nothing better to do.

Without another mind ticking away in the room, I was able to think more clearly.

All while their time was ticking away - and they were not able to speak to each other.

You could feel the seconds ticking away while nothing happened.

They would need to be told how to use the equipment and the minutes were ticking away.

There was nothing to do but wait while the minutes ticked away.

And then he just stood there, with seconds ticking away.

Ticking away the minutes of my husband's life, Geneva thought.

Walter goes to bed with time on the watch ticking away.

But then, as the minutes ticked away into hours, she began to understand his purpose.

A few seconds ticked away as the data was called to the top.

Are you going to do another world tour?- I know that time's ticking away.

The only advantage he had were the seconds ticking away.

Time ticked away, but there was no way to be certain how much of it had passed.

That got the little sniper in my head ticking away.

Sitting here looking at these four walls, while my life ticks away?

As the hours ticked away, the word was already leaking out.

Her heart ticked away in the silence before he finally spoke again.

"You can see their mind ticking away when you're trying to communicate," he said.

An hour had ticked away when she heard a tap on her door.

The second worst would be to end up in jail, with what little time they had left ticking away.