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run-up sentence examples

  • Roberto carlos ( brazil ) ronaldinho's countryman favors power over finesse, taking 20-yard run-ups to blast the ball as hard as possible.
  • Run-up in crude prices.
  • In the first place the timing of the inquiry meant that evidence was to be taken in the immediate run-up to christmas.
  • A wide range of run-up speeds was obtained using direct intervention to set the length of the athlete's run-up speeds was obtained using direct intervention to set the length of the athlete's run-up.
  • Maximum wave run-up is reported at 104 feet above normal tidal levels.
  • I suppose like most kids growing up, i thought you had to have a huge run-up to bowl quick.
  • Wishing you all the best in the long run-up to christmas.
  • Run-up pilot checks.
  • Three telephonists had been paid to complete the work in the election run-up.
  • I remembered recently how little i enjoyed the run-up to christmas last year, and the constant drinking that december seems to mean.
  • These in four successive issues were a good run-up to the event itself.
  • Tsunami wave run-up was as high as 170 feet above normal tidal levels.
  • Rover gets a slightly longer run-up accompanied by the asthmatic heavy breathing sound effect.
  • Michael smith sunday 27/11/05 @ 04:59 pm holidays are coming... december is fast approaching, and with it the hectic run-up to christmas.
  • The two shackletons have their engines run-up from time to time.
  • Father christmas wooden advent £ 29.99 these wooden advent calendars make the run-up to christmas even more special.
  • They make an unusual and eye-catching display and are perfect for stocking in the busy run-up to christmas.
  • First question: was the stock market run-up to early 2000 a bubble?
  • Something was needed to give a strong run-up to the commercial break.
  • Clearly it is helpful to establish contact during the six month run-up to the scholarship interview.

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