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The manager had explored the possibility of signing Phil Neville in the January window and, had he been prised from Everton, Sandro might not have made the revamped Champions League squad.

Sandro: 'I told my brother: I'll be the player we should both have been' 2011

City have become a bugbear for Wenger because of their financial might, which he finds distasteful, and one of the symbols of it is Samir Nasri, who was prised from the Emirates in the summer by an eye‑watering pay rise.

Arsène Wenger hopes Arsenal can prove him right over Owen Hargreaves 2011

Even now, single Earthquake has had to be prised out of his hands.

Labrinth is SyCo's latest signing but he doesn't need a popstar bootcamp 2011

Nog could feel himself being prised away from the console, his arms and shoulders aching with the strain as his body was pulled upward.

Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

His first choice is understood still to be Guus Hiddink, though it remains to be seen whether the Dutchman – who filled in at the club in a caretaker basis in 2009 – can be prised from his contract with the Turkish Football Federation.

Chelsea sack Carlo Ancelotti within an hour of defeat by Everton 2011

Chelsea remain in fifth place and distant of the Premier League's summit but the first‑half goals prised from Wolverhampton Wanderers will have had a restorative effect on the team's confidence.

Chelsea's win over Wolverhampton Wanderers 'not critical' 2011

The day I give up books will be the day they are prised out of my cold, dead hands.

Interview with Snowbooks « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

I once attended a very high powered university group where the other academics swapped reminiscences about having to have The Odyssey prised from their childish fingers and I could not compete.

Blockbuster Month « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

The winner's prize is nearly £300,000, and if Henderson's Long Run is first past the post, particularly if it completes a rare double with the Champion, Nicholls will sense the championship being prised from his grasp.

Nicky Henderson versus Paul Nicholls: the big fight of the Festival 2011

It's that time of year when the vaults are prised open, the cinematic nightmares of the world are unleashed, and movie houses across the land compete to present the scariest horror-themed festival with the corniest name.

Halloween film seasons and all-nighters Steve Rose 2010