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ticked

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Past of tick

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"I'm just finding it in a way a little bit disappointing that Frank Rijkaard, who is also such a talented player, seems today to have such a negative role, just looking after [Jürgen] Klinsmann," said the ITV commentator Brian Moore, as the clock ticked towards the 20-minute mark.

"Everyone else was drunk anyway" has become "Did I really do that?" As my sober clock ticked away I worried I would forget this reality and fall into the trap of "I wasn't that bad really".

Sometimes they'd half-notice that boxes they'd thought they'd ticked weren't ticked.

"Every year you have a review meeting with Charles [van Commenee, Britain's head coach] and one of the markers I had was winning the European Championships, so that's the first box ticked.

I thought I had ticked every box in preparation so how do you move on from that?

We ticked off all the islands we wanted to see, some with a flying visit and a lie down on the beach or a snorkel with turtles and stingrays.

A slight majority of 51% indicated a favorable opinion of Woods compared to 35% who ticked unfavorable.

Maybe I will support my colleagues when outcomes are poor - instead of demanding why a box wasn't ticked.

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