I finished tightening the splints and pulled mittens and fur gloves back on my silk-clad but already frozen hands.

Harvath finished tightening his FRIES harness and inspected it, then inspected Meg's and DeWolfe's.

He went on to describe in great detail, as he finished tightening the knots, in what condition they had found the remains, if any, of former occupants of the stake.

Hex sniffed, finishing tightening the tourniquet as if he were straightening a necktie.

Min and Elayne came back with their own mounts just as he finished tightening the second girth.

His son, too soft by far, Rustem thought, was visibly struggling not to cry as Rustem finished tightening the drawstrings on his pack one morning and turned to bid a last farewell to all of them.

Vetch saddled the now-sated dragon, and the Jouster arrived just as he finished tightening the last of the straps.

The wrench slipped as he finished tightening the bolt; it slipped from his grasp, fell free.

In Germany, for instance, Benetton recently finished tightening its franchise network after sales slipped badly in the early 1990's.