1.   A pistol shot rang out in the darkness.

2.   Most of all, the Colonel was intrigued that the wet blanket had absorbed the energy of the pistol shots.

3.   The policeman fired some pistol shots in the air, but there was no answer.

4.   The window frames rattled violently and glass cracked with the sound of a pistol shot.

5.   Their footsteps suddenly cracked like pistol shots as the carpet was replaced by plastic tiles.

6.   As for the touches of bright chemical color that he imports, ready-made, they ring out like pistol shots.

7.   A young man fired pistol shots from the roof, while children combed the former campsite for bullets left behind by the Israelis.

8.   Executions in China are carried out by pistol shot to the back of the head.

9.   Israeli military spokesmen said he fired several pistol shots in the direction of the Israeli soldiers.

10.   Pistol shots were suddenly answered by automatic gunfire.