Sentence examples for throwing a match from inspiring English sources

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Once the pride of the British National team, Danny was banished from the sport after throwing a match.

Exposing students to slave re-enactments, Mr. Jackson said, would be like throwing a match into gasoline.

But athletes and coaches have always looked for any available advantage, including throwing a match to save energy or to face an easier opponent in the next round.

"It's like throwing a match on a haystack," said Christien Tompkins, 21, a senior who is co-chairman of the United Students of Color Council.

The Chinese Olympic badminton doubles champion Yu Yang has decided to quit the sport, hours after being disqualified from the London Games for throwing a match.

Agen, once ejected from Europe for throwing a match at Ebbw Vale, silenced The Shed with a bonus-point fourth try early in the second half.

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All they needed to do was throw a match on it".

He splashed the gasoline in the only exit and threw a match on it.

And then the 16-year old "threw a match" at the younger boy "as a joke".

The typical payoff to rival players to throw a match was €10,000, police official Antonella Paglialunga said.

What is the suggestion – that someone deliberately threw a match down?

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