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patronymic surname .
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Reporter: Mark Lawrenson was saying on the radio that you've got to fear now whether Suárez may feel unsettled playing in England.
Transcript of Kenny Dalglish's press conference about Luis Suárez 2012
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"And you'd have to say, Mark Lawrenson, that that would be quite a feather in the cap of what, in days gone by, we used to call County Cleveland".
For fans of ex-Middlesbrough players, these are heady days indeed | Harry Pearson 2011
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The best Messrs Lineker, Hansen and Lawrenson could do, however, was to look appropriately solemn for a few seconds and mumble a few semi-coherent condolences.
Six Nations 2011: Jonny Wilkinson is still a real hero for England | Richard Williams 2011
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Mark Lawrenson tries to catch Small Talk's attention.
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Correct me if I'm not wrong – as Mark Lawrenson said the other night – but André Villas‑Boas's arrival in the Premier League has been a genuine and uplifting treat, especially for those of us who enjoy listening to Jonathan Pearce wrap his laughing gear around foreign names.
Short shorts put Australians in a tight spot at the Rugby World Cup | Harry Pearson 2011
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Ms. Lawrenson, who lives in England, says the story was inspired in part by Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca," and by her own farmhouse in Provence.
The Short List 2011
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Don't worry, the sight of Mark Lawrenson perched behind a sandbag in Kabul won't be coming to our screens any time soon
Wheel out a Major Dan Rooney and people on British streets would laugh Marina Hyde 2010
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But now you have digested the scene, and bearing the Orwell line in mind, picture the following: Mark Lawrenson, perched on a sandbag somewhere in Kabul's green zone, lamenting Liverpool's second-half collapse while Alan Shearer nods along in a flak jacket, wondering if he's going to get a VC for this.
Wheel out a Major Dan Rooney and people on British streets would laugh Marina Hyde 2010
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Match of the Day's new red-and-blue studio in Salford showcasing Lineker and Lawrenson's "Movember" charity facial hair; and the Premier League's new bright yellow winter ball.
Saturday Sundae: Billy Sharp's standing ovation plus mirror images 2011
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Mark Lawrenson: "I couldn't possibly tell you that on air."
Manchester City 0 - 1 Liverpool – as it happened | Simon Burnton 2012
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