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1 DERYCK FOX helped himself to 13 points with a try , four goals and a drop goal to take the man of the match award and send Widnes crashing out of the Regal Trophy .
2 Short was co-driver for the British hope David Llewellin , but on Tuesday their British-prepared Toyota Celica crashed out of the five-day , 2,000-mile event .
3 Sacco peered out of the stricken doorway .
4 In the event , only a smaller group of about 100 delegates led by Armando Cossutta walked out of the final session of the congress , with the declared intention of continuing the Italian communist tradition elsewhere .
5 While Heathcliff was getting his breath back , Mr Edgar walked out of the other kitchen door into the garden .
6 At very much the same hour Edmund Mortimer came out of the deep sleep that follows fever , and opened his eyes reluctantly , remembering instantly and ruefully a day and a night of indignity and discomfort before he had lost all sense of place , time and direction , and finally of his own identity .
7 Kiku came out of the inner chamber .
8 When Alice Hyde came out of the Broadward Lodge Elderly Peoples home in Leominster today , there was a surprise waiting .
9 When the train reached its destination and Katherine stepped out of the old station , it was already dark and bitterly cold .
10 Elsewhere the only substantial bases Stalin acquired out of the post-war settlement were those at Porkkala , Finland , and at Port Arthur in Chinese-controlled Manchuria .
11 Karen and Kee drove out of the small village , down the road , and soon came to the houses of the new town .
12 Hulagu came out of the clustered spectators .
13 ‘ Smells like rain , ’ said Tom leaning out of the front window .
14 Cleared of rape , Austin Donnellan stepped out of the Old Bailey and stepped into an angry scum of photographers and reporters fighting to get close to him .
15 Mahmoud came out of the Mixed Tribunals and crossed the street towards him .
16 No one asked that question , they simply focused upon er the , the communist insurrection in the south and the American , American commitment to the global containment of communism meant that they had to go and do something about it and domestic political pressures were there too er President Kennedy came out of the Cuban missiles crisis a hero because his people mistakenly believed that he 'd won a foreign policy success and that he 'd acted in a restrained and statesmanlike manor .
17 Liam 's mother Jo hurried out of the public gallery in tears moments after Dr Nanayakkara broke down .
18 The situation changed , firstly when Andrew confounded medical opinion by playing again in December and then when Dawe pulled out of the semi-final match against Yorkshire after his club , Bath , had rearranged a postponed Courage League match at Rugby .
19 Germany pulled out of the joint project in July , but finance minister Theo Waigel has said he favours a scaled-down version of the plane costing £36 million to avoid job losses in times of recession .
20 Isabel stumbled out of the dark cell into a scene that made the priests ' descriptions of hell seem tame .
21 Danny raced out of the back door , yelling , ‘ Dad , Gran says tea 's nearly ready !
22 In the United States the long dominant Democratic New Deal electoral coalition , which Franklin Roosevelt created out of the white south and the industrial working-class , has been in retreat .
23 Gazzer came out of the main doors of St Mark 's .
24 The Foreign Office lawyers were caught on the hop , leaving junior minister Garel-Jones to tell the Commons that if the Labour amendment went through , excising the protocol which allows Britain to opt out of the social chapter , the whole treaty would have to be torn up and all 12 countries begin the painful process again .
25 Devotees of the Democratic presidential challenger Bill Clinton drifting out of the British embassy 's election party on Thursday night — where ITN 's coverage was beamed direct — looked puzzled and miffed .
26 The crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square cheered demands for Britain to keep out of the spreading European crisis .
27 Kragan stormed out of the small room as Kaas crossed over to Adam .
28 Maria appeared out of the back room ; I glimpsed a large brass bed , more ikons , photographs .
29 MILES MACLAGAN bowed out of the British Satellite tournament at Eastbourne yesterday when he was beaten 6-3 , 6-1 by the No1 seed , Chris Wilkinson .
30 CENTRE MONDIAL grew out of the complementary ideas of two men : French politician Jean-Jacques , Servan-Schreiber and American scientist Seymour Papert .
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