1.   Others chat about the supposed late-night spotting of a large rat dragging a six-pack of bottled water across the warehouse floor.

2.   ...a repulsively large rat.

3.   Through the window beside him Owen could see a large rat sunning itself on a mooring rope.

4.   The initial torture session lasted six days, after which Johnson was tossed into a cramped cell, with a large rat as his only companion.

5.   The trash attracts large rats, she said, and sickens her four children.

6.   A very large rat.

7.   He said large rats living in the pre-World War II building chew the insulation of electric cables, causing sparks.

8.   Canadian Airlines International confirmed Tuesday that it diverted a Hong Kong-Vancouver flight to Tokyo when a large rat jumped out of a food container at mealtime.