11.   After the second collision, the whistle blew and Kings wing Adam Deadmarsh lumbered into Verbeek with his shoulder.

12.   After the whistle blew, workers would head off to coach the Little League teams sponsored by their companies or help the United Way campaigns backed by their bosses.

13.   But always, they seem to have enough sense to take things deadly serious when the whistle blows.

14.   But the game officials ruled that Rice was down, and that a whistle had blown before the football came loose.

15.   But the goal was reviewed and disallowed because the whistle had blown.

16.   But the players must be able to turn off their aggression as soon as the whistle blows and when the game ends, Place said.

17.   But the whistle never blew and Daniels never stopped.

18.   But when the whistle blew, it was history as usual.

19.   But, until the whistle blew, Germany had been as relentless as the heat.

20.   Coaches are hollering, whistles are blowing, receivers are sprinting, with puffs of breath shooting like steam from beneath their face masks.