1. Endill noticed he was standing beside a thick wooden pole. 2. Nervously, I moved forward, fumbling round the battlements until I came to a protruding wooden pole. 3. The Decline in the demand for wooden poles has been accelerated by the frequent use of metal poles. 4. The floor was of bare earth, and a ring of wooden poles supported the roof. 5. There are no telephones, no fire hydrants, only a scattering of street lights on lonely wooden poles. 6. Windows are draped with matching curtains, simply suspended on plain wooden poles. 7. A couple of sturdy wooden poles are stuck in the ground behind the institute. 8. But some lie beneath wooden poles jammed into the ground and flying colored pennants. 9. Each cheval-de-frise originally consisted of sharpened wooden poles pointing toward the surface and affixed in a rectangular rock base. 10. Most of the troops stayed in tents, although they took the tents with them, leaving a ghostly scene of wooden poles and bunks standing silent and deserted. |