The two other men stood ready with knives to cut the mooring ropes.

I started hacking at the first of the mooring ropes.

But then they had to go untie the mooring ropes.

The boat hung upward at the end of its mooring ropes.

"Listen, all of you; each fellow is to stand by the mooring ropes.

Purple began directing men to secure it with new mooring ropes.

He waved, then hurried to help the boatman with the mooring ropes.

The barges, at the end of their mooring ropes, lay some fifteen feet from the shore.

Trailing mooring ropes had been dropped from the hull.

This time there was more than enough ballast in the boat, and extra mooring ropes to hold it down.

Don't cut any mooring ropes, just get the sail drawing!"

Eager hands vied on the dock to grasp the mooring ropes.

Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck.

Charlie waited, and helped with the mooring ropes.

Mooring ropes were still being made fast.

Finally - after two washing machines had been hauled into the stern - we slipped the mooring ropes.

After the girls had stepped onto firm sand, the four boys tied their mooring ropes to trees at the edge of the beach.

The two mooring ropes were flung free of the mooring cleats.

We saw mooring ropes tossed and caught.

The boat, a good eighty feet long, shifted slightly with the current, tugging against the mooring ropes tied to trees.

Silently the mooring ropes were taken aboard.

Men stood by the mooring ropes.

Abruptly one of the mooring ropes parted.

Taking her by the hand, he helped her over the mooring ropes and onto the deck with unexpected gentleness.

The mooring ropes were cast off, the engines took on a livelier rhythm, and the last stage of the voyage was underway.

He picked up the mooring rope and examined the end.

Each had a heavy knife and was waiting by a mooring rope.

I started hacking at the first of the mooring ropes.

But then they had to go untie the mooring ropes.

He took his hands off the oars and pulled in the mooring rope.

The boat hung upward at the end of its mooring ropes.

So this, thought Biggles, was the man who had cut the mooring rope.

"Listen, all of you; each fellow is to stand by the mooring ropes.

One of the ferry crew pushed past her to throw the mooring rope.

Purple began directing men to secure it with new mooring ropes.

She jerked upright, her mouth going taut as a mooring rope.

Don't cut any mooring ropes, just get the sail drawing!"

He waved, then hurried to help the boatman with the mooring ropes.

This time there was more than enough ballast in the boat, and extra mooring ropes to hold it down.

Lil-el went to the boat and untied the mooring rope.

Holding on to a mooring rope, Juan jumped into the choppy waters.

The mooring rope was handy; Lois worked at it.

"X" took a knife from his pocket and quickly sawed through the mooring rope.

Steele gripped a line trailing from the forward mooring rope and listened.

Trailing mooring ropes had been dropped from the hull.

The barges, at the end of their mooring ropes, lay some fifteen feet from the shore.

After the girls had stepped onto firm sand, the four boys tied their mooring ropes to trees at the edge of the beach.

Chislon took a long pole from the quay, cast away the mooring rope, and pushed off.

He tied the mooring rope to a sapling, and stepped ashore.