(1) Micky Conlan would roll the ball in front, then run, pick it up, baulk an imaginary opponent, run close to the boundary, kick the goal then scuttle back, laughing.

(2) He then potted blue in the middle pocket but the cue ball rolled back off the baulk cushion into the opposite middle pocket for a five-point foul.

(3) Superior claims may baulk inferior ones, but the liquidator's duty is to realise the assets of all in accordance with their rights.

(4) Needing the colours to take the frame he was about to take a tough shot on green near the baulk cushion when two spectators left the arena.

(5) Milner potted green to level the frame scores but left a sitting brown after attempting an ambitious pot along the baulk cushion.

(6) It could still have gone either way on the colours, but Doherty had his nose in front when the pink bounced off three cushions and rolled into a baulk pocket.

(7) At first she baulked at the idea, saying she no longer performed those pieces.

(8) Parents concerned about allergies may balk at the idea of keeping pets around children.

(9) There was a boggy place in the road but we could go through it as long as neither horse in the team balked .

(10) He quickly baulked at the cost to the exchequer.

(11) An original plan to make sure all taxis were painted black-and-yellow was dumped after cabbies baulked at the cost.

(12) They may balk at the idea of a top boss getting millions while a company's share price is falling.

(13) A method of setting out archaeological excavation trenches in a pattern of regular square or rectangular boxes with baulks between, pioneered by Sir Mortimer Wheeler at sites in India and southern Britain.

(14) Indeed they are struggling to get into the team, baulked by players who last season didn't get games when Veron and Beckham were fit.

(15) Of course, some might balk at the morality of keeping tabs on anyone 24 / 7, but this tricky question would at least leave one job for the ethics commissioner to handle.

(16) Despite being slightly baulked by Thinus Delport it didn't matter as Hickie chased on and got there first to score.

(17) It is a balk , and the runner advances to second base.

(18) For a few days, the big banks responsible for allocating the world's capital baulked at doing business with each other, fearful that their counterparts' credit would go bad.

(19) It is only the poor players who might balk at the added workload, and the newly-formed Scottish Professional Players' Association will want to negotiate a maximum number of matches per season for their members as a matter of urgency.

(20) Most of these wells are propped up with wooden balks .

(21) However, the production company has baulked at a 15,000 fee for the use of an abandoned crofthouse.

(22) Some are separated by grass baulks , others by stone walls.

(23) The sides of these trenches had the advantage of preserving the stratigraphy, but the baulks inevitably obscured parts of many of the features.

(24) We tried a low downforce aero package, but I was baulked by traffic and so we were not able to see the difference.

(25) Because of the balk , both runners advanced one base, giving the Twins a 5-4 victory.

(26) The losers launched one last attack but who was there to balk them, none other than Johnny Nevin, who ventured from his own left wing to cover the right wing raid.

(27) When there's a runner on first base and the pitcher makes a motion to throw to that base from the rubber, he's charged with a balk if he does not complete his throw.

(28) The case represented a first, hesitant step towards the harmonisation of two cardinally important rights, even though the Court balked the opportunity to give lengthy analysis to the extent of the two rights' compatibility with one another.

(29) Fastest junior was Smith of Cleveleys RC who clocked 1-12-10, despite being baulked by a tractor over the fast finish.

(30) She never wavered in this view and never baulked at the fact that to claim this prize she would have to rid herself of her cousin Elizabeth.