1.   Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland.

2.   We urge you to ensure the most stringent environmental assessment procedures are followed before any irreversible damage is done.

3.   Spells at Third Division Bournemouth and Second Division Bradford followed before Robbie moved to Bolton where a strong Manchester City side will figure in his big match.

4.   Another single followed before Braves catcher Javier Lopez got cute and his pickoff attempt of Brown at second base sailed into center field.

5.   And, though skeptical analysts fretted that no one can repossess a nose job, Mercury had announced plans to follow suit before its bookkeeping scandal broke.

6.   Another moment of awkward silence followed before Cheney began a brief, low-key speech about teaching children the importance of character.

7.   A second, maybe less, of awkward silence followed before being shattered by a long, deep laugh.

8.   Build the audience, they assured investors, and the profits will follow before long.

9.   Instead, the emerging consensus would permit Lower Manhattan to continue along the tracks of transition that it was following well before the attack.

10.   Losses to Tampa Bay and Indianapolis followed before the rally on Sunday against New England.