1.   I could hear the clock tick .

2.   Below, Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, far right, pacing the sidelines and watching the clock tick away against his team.

3.   But Ms. Shields is like a postmodern Cinderella, making the rounds of New York night spots while the clock ticks toward her flight back to Hollywood.

4.   I let the clock tick until I had the court set up the way I wanted it.

5.   Now, as the clock ticks toward the deadline for closing the deal, the tension in Biddeford is almost palpable.

6.   That would give the Rangers five or six victories in seven games as the clock ticks toward Tuesday.

7.   The bipartisan bill comes at a bad time for the Democratic Leadership, which is frantically trying to round up votes as delays occur and the clock ticks down.

8.   The clock ticks, the teachers watch.

9.   The jockeying comes as clocks tick toward the new century.

10.   The tension mounts as the clock ticks down to Monday morning and the bodies pile up.