As he explored underwater, holding a rope, she rode in a canoe, tugging the line if she saw an alligator.

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Her scariest paddling experience remains being unable to get out of the water having capsized as a 12-year-old, "with my dad on the bank holding a rope".

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While she was holding a lead rope and hay bag, something startled him and he bolted, the inquest heard.

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The harrowing ride while holding onto a rope as a spacecraft zooms through skyscrapers and enemies fire at you from an open bay door is breathtaking.

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Cut the Rope offers another simple idea (slicing a rope holding a cute frog-like creature so it can eat snacks), with lovely graphics and puzzles that are just hard enough to be gratifying when you solve them.

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Jayawardene was single-handedly holding the innings together and his ability to find the rope with an element of regularity drove Sri Lanka past the 100 mark.

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