I could hear it, sliding, scratching across the metal skin above me.

The two men grabbed the woman to force her down on the bed but she resisted, scratching the first across the face.

He scratched a brief line across the junction of the two circles.

Then she dialled, and again her pencil scratched across paper.

His thumbnail scratched a thin bright line across the surface.

With one claw he scratched a line across the stone pavement.

The sound of the turning tumblers seemed to scratch across the darkness.

A few moments passed as his pen scratched busily across the paper.

His hand had begun to move, and the pencil could be heard scratching across the paper.

Books were open on desks, and chalk scratched across boards.