31.   He was fired before the end of his two-year contract, and returned to manage Norfolk this year.

32.   I had never been fired before.

33.   It was the second time that Madjer was fired before the end of his contract.

34.   Jancker said he was fired up before the opening match.

35.   Just before halftime Shevchenko fired just over the bar and Kaka Kaladze shot straight at Seaman from a good position.

36.   Mane, fuming over accusations of smuggling guns to Senegalese separatist guerrillas, was fired shortly before staging his coup attempt.

37.   The anti-tank missiles were fired just before the arrival of the top U.N. official for former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi.

38.   The FBI insisted the grenades were fired hours before the fire, and bounced harmlessly off a concrete bunker.

39.   General Tommy Franks, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, insisted Saturday that US warplanes were fired on before attacking the convoy.

40.   However, US General Tommy Franks, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, insisted US warplanes were fired on before launching the attack on the convoy.