• She laughed and he bent down, got the dog by the scruff, and pushed its snout into the shite.

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  • Contepomi then took centre-stage, grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck to help guide his side to victory.

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  • We finally had to take the most vile offender by the scruff of its neck and force it to change.

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  • The Welsh side then took the game by the scruff of the neck and that pressure almost resulted in the first try of the game.

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  • Savannah, only with more facial scruff, less blue hair wash.

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  • But if you want more than the 12% of the market you've climbed to, it's time you took the software problem by the scruff of its digital little neck.

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  • Not long ago, the Red Sox were a team of irresistible scruff-balls, now there is back-biting and snippiness and the acrid vapors of high expectations failing to be met.

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  • The strike should have settled the Hammers but instead their opponents, who have won their last five league and cup matches, grabbed the tie by the scruff of the neck.

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  • Five minutes later, Stokes back-heeled a neat ball into the penalty area and Ki struck the woodwork with a blistering shot as Celtic took the match by the scruff of the neck.

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  • But it was Wigan who took the game by the scruff of the neck before the break, penning their hosts back in their half and maintaining the pressure without managing to fashion a real opening.

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  • But the Netherlands - who have never won the World Cup, despite a rich pedigree of world-class footballers - took the second half by the scruff of the neck, with Van Persie breaking free on a couple of occasions.

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  • The televised afternoon in parliament in which Mr Maehara hoped greatly to embarrass the prime minister over the alleged livedoor e-mail turned into a humiliation as the old dog took the young puppy and shook him by the scruff of his neck.

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