Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] blacks " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT IS small consolation to Cardiff that they will be spared the full force of the All Blacks on Saturday . |
| 2 | And many at Twickenham today would put up a strong argument for Barnes and Jones , a triumphant Lion in Australia in 1989 , forming the play-making partnership against the All Blacks . |
| 3 | Rugby Union officials have decided to take no further action against the All Blacks over the controversial Phil affair . |
| 4 | Barnes missed Saturday 's Test defeat by the All Blacks with a gashed head . |
| 5 | Laurie Mains , the former Otago and All Black fullback who nursed Otago to win the national first division championship last winter , has already been named as coach of the All Blacks in place of the unavailable Alex Wyllis . |
| 6 | At present the advent of the All Blacks is concentrating the national rugby mind wonderfully and all four provinces have been in early-season action . |
| 7 | Little did they know that French , together with hard-working ARFU executive Bob Fordham , had been working for over 12 hours attempting to salvage the Wallaby tour after pre-tour conditions , such as the non-playing of national anthems , were inexplicably ignored at Ellis Park the previous day when South Africa celebrated its return to international rugby against the All Blacks . |
| 8 | A Test against the All Blacks at Ellis Park on August 15 and a Test against the Wallabies at Newlands on August 22 . |
| 9 | We want to go that step further and win the Bledisloe Cup after narrowly missing it in the Second Test against the All Blacks last year ’ , he said . |
| 10 | It was the unauthorised playing of ‘ Die Stem ’ at Johannesburg in July , before the Test against the All Blacks , that caused controversy and threatened the Test against Australia the following week . |
| 11 | In a brilliant career the Kerry-born second row was a member of the British and Ireland Lions party that toured New Zealand in 1977 and played one Test against the All Blacks . |
| 12 | It is becoming increasingly essential that Carling recovers from his strained thigh muscle in time for Saturday 's first Test against the All Blacks . |
| 13 | With the first Test against the All Blacks now only three days away , the Lions have only one fit centre Jeremy Guscott . |
| 14 | The move comes in the wake of the British Lions defeat in the first RU Test against the All Blacks . |
| 15 | Last week the tour selectors picked the 6ft 5in 17st back-row forward as their first choice blind-side flanker for the opening Test against the All Blacks , even though he was originally picked as a No 8 . |
| 16 | Yet when the final came around , frivolity — England sang ‘ Look on the bright side of life ’ in response to the ‘ Haka ’ — gave way to an enthralling forward battle with the All Blacks giving way to no-one . |
| 17 | Earlier in the tour Hugh McGahan , the Kiwis ' captain , expressed his surprise and delight at seeing his men given comparable prominence to the All Blacks — in some northern editions of the papers at least . |
| 18 | THE WELSH used to be a hindrance rather than a help to the All Blacks but , by giving Grant Fox permission to practise his goalkicking at the Arms Park prior to tomorrow 's game with Cardiff , they might be contributing to their own downfall . |
| 19 | Debut against the All Blacks and has played in all four Tests since South Africa 's return to the international scene . |
| 20 | Hastings reached 46 in his four Tests , surpassing Phil Bennett 's 44 for an individual Lion , while Fox went past 1,000 points in his 74th appearance for the All Blacks . |
| 21 | We could have used more than a couple of training sessions , though , to prepare to meet a team of the All Blacks ’ calibre . ’ |
| 22 | New coach Laurie Mains wants the Otago captain , Mike Brewer , as leader of the All Blacks . |
| 23 | PETER WINTERBOTTOM , the club captain , is so intent on Harlequins retaining the Pilkington Cup that yesterday he turned down an invitation to play three centenary matches for a world team against the All Blacks in New Zealand later this month . |
| 24 | Barnes 's bid for a Test place against the All Blacks in Christchurch was ended abruptly in Invercargill on Tuesday , when the two half-backs were involved in a ruck . |
| 25 | Leonard has only to play effectively to win a Test place against the All Blacks in the second international in Wellington on Saturday week . |
| 26 | It will not merely be his insight into the All Blacks ' tactics and mentality which will prove valuable . |
| 27 | Frank Bunce and Eric Rush , Auckland-bred but unable to command a regular place in the Auckland side , changed to North Harbour last season and gained a jumping off place into the All Blacks this year . |
| 28 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 29 | What a difference he could have made to the Barbarians in their recent clash with the All Blacks . |
| 30 | NEWPORT , who last week suffered the indignity of a record score by the All Blacks in Wales , are looking for two new coaches . |