Sentence examples for given a scare from inspiring English sources

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Dutton was given a scare in the election, suffering a 5.6% swing against him in the Queensland seat of Dickson.

Crewe 2 - 3 Ipswich Martijn Reuser scores twice after Ipswich were given a scare by Crewe Alexandra.

The Wildcats were given a scare on the road against Tennessee, after a poor first-half performance saw the Volunteers take a 6-point lead into the locker room.

Jose Mourinho's men were given a scare when Mikael Forssell opened the scoring and Olivier Kapo levelled before the break, but Essien's second-half strike into the top corner meant Chelsea have gone 64 league games undefeated at Stamford Bridge.

Even today, the authorities were given a scare when, shortly before 5 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration noticed that a private plane was flying within the restricted-fly zone established Tuesday above the Millstone plant and others.

She added a Commonwealth Games gold medal to her historic triumph at London 2012 but only after being given a scare by Northern Ireland's 21-year-old Michaela Walsh, winning by a split points decision.

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But their visit gave a scare to their Secret Service detail when residual damage from Tropical Storm Irene caused power to go out temporarily in the cramped nightclub.

Santorum joins a long list of social-conservative niche candidates Pat Robertson, Pat Buchanan, and Mike Huckabee that gave a scare to the establishment front-runner but did little more than that.

(AP) — Presbyterian College, the first-year N.C.A.A. Division I team playing 25 of its 30 games on the road, gave a scare to North Carolina State on Saturday.

Giving a scare is the last thing they would want to do to a man who works in the dead of the night, in the second and a half between heartbeats, while holding his breath, to manipulate such delicate figurines.

The travelling side began to see more of the play, and gave a scare of their own, as Sevdal managed to storm up the pitch and get away from the Scottish defence, but her shot was palmed away by Fay.

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