1.   There was a rat-at-tat of machinegun fire and several windows shattered.

2.   However, reporters who went to the school Thursday afternoon found no signs that the building or its immediate surroundings had been struck with shells or sustained machinegun fire.

3.   Palestinian officials said that she was shot by heavy machinegun fire from an Israeli military base shortly after the Israeli bombardment of a security force outpost in nearby Ramallah.

4.   Automatic rifle fire, heavy machinegun fire and anti-aircraft artillery fire could be heard throughout the night and into Saturday.

5.   By morning, the fighting subsided to a little more than scattered machinegun fire.

6.   During recent weeks, local government buildings and Pakistani troops have come under sporadic rocket and machinegun fire from unknown attackers in the area.

7.   During recent weeks, local government buildings and Pakistani troops have occasionally come under brief rocket and machinegun fire from unknown attackers, but no soldiers have been killed.

8.   Explosions and the rat-tat-tat of machinegun fire triggered a general alarm as he spoke.

9.   Gunmen sprayed machinegun fire on their four-wheel drive vehicle, marked with the Red Cross emblem.

10.   Lebanese officials said artilley and machinegun fire set alight trees and grass parched by the summer heat.