With quick fingers she punched the code into the key panel beside the door.

The sergeant punched the emergency button, beside the bed, and reported, then tried to help the governor, but it was too late.

Finally he punched brief instructions into the pad beside the door.

He pulled the levers down quickly, then punched a button beside them.

He punched a request for the records into the keyboard beside his desk.

He punched the intercom beside the booth and ordered their drinks.

Then, in one movement, he spun around and punched the man beside him in the stomach.

A gun boomed from that quarter and a slug punched into the wall beside him.

He started to power up the tug, then punched a key on the console beside him and cleared his throat.

The next step in his plan had been to punch the man beside him, or maybe slam him with an elbow.