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Pedro Monzon got himself sent off 21 minutes after coming on as a sub, a decision perhaps somewhat encouraged by Jürgen Klinsmann's impromptu attempt at the worm, before Andreas Brehme scored the only goal from the penalty spot, leaving just enough time for Gustavo Dezotti to compete with Monzon for a spot in the early bath, after two yellow cards.
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It was either run or end up banging out a screw [prisoner officer]." I've heard prisoners talk about the temptation of making impromptu escape attempts before, but Kyle is the first person I've met who has actually followed through on this impulse.
Breaking ranks, one news broadcaster launched an impromptu diatribe against attempts to rewrite history and divert justice.
While hosting the 59th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, James Corden seemed to attempt an impromptu live "Carpool Karaoke," carrying a car cutout over to Jennifer Lopez.
By book's end you will have counted one rape, one attempted rape, one impromptu marriage proposal, one death by cancer, one attempted suicide, three successful suicides, two car crashes in a 10-page span, four unwanted or unexpected pregnancies for three different women and a miscarriage for a fourth — all of which speak to Ohlin's narrative technique: when in doubt, impregnate or kill.
(It's touching, though, that the frames seem to be made of the very tortoiseshell that George would be happier living inside.) While trying to flee his planned wedding, George runs into Gérard (Hippolyte Girardot), a wound-up Frenchman with romantic woes: he has just seen his cornball attempt at an impromptu wedding at an airport go horribly wrong.
On a recent night, a woman attempted to give impromptu Hula-Hoop lessons while a crowd gathered around a heated Ping-Pong match.
Reiner and her staff gave at least twenty impromptu tours of their office, in an attempt to convince voters that the Republican county clerk wasn't trying to throw the election to Clinton.
The White House demonstration and impromptu meeting with Agriculture Secretary Glickman marked the first attempt by Boyd's group to create a sense of solidarity among African American farmers.
"Laughter is never a good sign," Moody said, resigned to the fact that the impromptu singalong might be doomed, no matter how earnest an attempt the amateurs might make.
Baron Cohen performed an impromptu act to keep the audience amused, but ultimately all attempts to fix the equipment failed.
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The phrase "impromptu attempt " functions as a noun phrase, where "impromptu" modifies the noun "attempt". It specifies that the attempt was made spontaneously and without prior planning. Ludwig AI confirms this usage through examples like the one from The Guardian.
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