Learned by Reading
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Then with a truly remarkable now – they – have – him, now – they – don’t scramble, Green threw a 48 – yard strike to Cameron down the middle of the field.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It’s the kind of game that stops for the truck crew to drive through the middle of the field, no one gets strikes, and left field is a graveyard.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Considering the depth available to the team in the middle of the field (Matuzalem, Dabo, Ledesma, Meghni, Foggia, Brocchi, Mauri and even De Silvestri rumoured to be moved there) it would seem a strange time to bring in another midfielder, particularly with everything gelling nicely, but Fernandez could be a nice January pickup.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
“Upon which cue, our Conference Director dumped a bag of deadly foam balls on the middle of the field.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He zigs toward the sideline, zags back to the middle of the field, dances past the secondary, and cartwheels into the end zone.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
So, on graduation day, in the middle of the UT field Jensen signed with the Houston Astros.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
But if there was an observer, they would surely notice that in the middle of the field there was a bright red heart.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Jared smiled sheepishly when the little girl practically wrapped herself around him standing awkwardly in the middle of the field with his hair sticking out.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Then I realized that it simply was because this tree stood in the middle of the field all alone like a guard.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the Reid’s scheme Smith’s blocking assignments are minimal, his contribution comes in the ability to get separation and work in the middle of the field.
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
It was in fact a long time before all the rabbits had come back to the hollow in the middle of the field.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the middle of the field.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
With a body chiseled from granite and arms that are pumped like radial tires, he launches himself, usually with purposeful aggression, in the direction of a wide receiver who ventures across the middle of the field….
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I surmised that the reason the field had been cleared was for equipment to get in and service the large electric wire tower that was in the middle of the field, so odds are was that it was also owned by the electric company and that I was still trespassing.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Also, the 49ers killed the Hawks on third down and long, often completing wide open passes over the middle of the field.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Once again, coach Jeff Tedford lectures his players from the middle of the field, saying they shouldn’t leave those’ ’ watermelon things’ ’ lying around the stadium.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Scirrotto still isn’t a great tackler, but he’s a ball hawk in the middle of the field.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
On the first play of the drive, Linton gained two yards on a run up the middle of the field.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And a problem finding them in the middle of the field with 100,000,000 other cows.
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(. .)))
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