He squatted in front of Kane, rifle cocked in his arms and grinned.

The two unwounded rangers were kneeling at the rail, their rifles cocked and levelled.

At that moment, the troopers heard the sound of rifles being cocked in the wood surrounding them.

And then I see that he is down on one knee, with the long shiny rifle cocked against his shoulder.

Charlie could hear rifles being cocked up and down the trenches as sleepy men quickly came to life.

Hunter heard the simultaneous sound of five rifles being cocked.

Sounded like rifles being cocked.

Saluting, he too passed away into the dark, and presently I heard the sounds of spear-blades striking together and of rifles being cocked.

Then, a knife glints in the light or the sharp click of a rifle being cocked disrupts the silence, and baseness reveals its dastardly features.

The harsh warning was overridden by the sound of a rifle being cocked.