For while the rank underdogs had, eventually, to
bow the knee to the unbeaten Australian tourists, they thoroughly earned their pounds 3,000 a man match appearance fee in this new era of professionalism.
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First he had to
bow the knee at Amritsar in India, scene of the notorious 1919 massacre.
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"A rose is a rose is a rose" is now world famous and we tend to
bow the knee at her writings rather than hoot with laughter.
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His 265 in 2001 might have won in another year but Kenny PerryOs superb 263, the second-lowest score ever recorded in the 39-year history of Warwick Hills, forced him to
bow the knee.
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Last night a source close to Gregory said: "John is in no mood to
bow the knee to Ellis because he believes every word he uttered.
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When will Newcastle realise that should you
bow the knee to the moderate, then eventual defeat against the best has the cumulative effect of dropping you way down among the dead-beats.
Loud and clear rings a warning
I WANTED to
bow the knee to Chelsea the other night but was frightened that Didier Drogba would go down in agony.
Didi you see how Drog went down?
They refused to
bow the knee to the despotic regime and emigrated.
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Hale Irwin continues to beat Father Time but there must come a cut-off point where he has to
bow the knee to the young upstarts on the Champions Tour.
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Carroll's coronation is inevitable, but yesterday the crown prince had to
bow the knee to the monarch.
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Conservatives and Lib Dems all
bow the knee to the EU.
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Singh also had to
bow the knee to Tiger but only after two titanic battles, going down on the final green when it was played in a matchplay format in 1998 and then looking the certain winner until Woods eagled the last two years later to tie the Fijian, then eagled it again in the play-off to blow him away.
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Not that Blackpool will come tomorrow looking to
bow the knee before superior human beings.
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And when O'Gorman again opened up a six point gap with his second goal for Wicklow, Derry still refused to
bow the knee, chipping away at the lead until McBride's second goal on 68 minutes cut the deficit to a single point (3-10 to 2-12).
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Jones may have to
bow the knee to Lee Westwood, whose recent form has been outstanding, but others above him on the index have question marks.
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