At one point, he even hit one as he fell backward to the floor, the kind of play that eliminates any doubt about whose night it's going to be.

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When the trunk was opened he leapt out and tagged Mr. Tombari, whose wife was so startled she fell backward off the curb and tore a ligament in her knee.

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Following the quake, investigators in Yunlin county discovered that three crumbled structures had been erected by a construction company that had used empty plastic bottles and tin cans as filler to save on concrete and bricks. (The owner was arrested.) In Dali, a massive apartment block suffered major damage: one of the 11-story buildings was uprooted from the ground and fell backward.

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City defender Stevan Savic first attempted a bizarre backward header that fell harmlessly into the vast no-man's land ahead of goalkeeper Joe Hart.

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And Lara fell before tea, slashing McLaren to backward point after hitting 10 fours and a six.

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Bopara brought up the Essex 100 with a four to backward square-leg but he also fell to Stevens, caught at mid-wicket.

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He took a step backward and was about to leave when his eyes fell again on the stack of the books, Zola, Dostoyevsky, Hugo, all the titles had been there, as they were a few weeks before.

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Raina fell for 43 when he sliced a Flintoff full toss to Collingwood at backward point and, four balls later, Yusuf Pathan pulled Harmison weakly to Bell at midwicket.

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