After all, sometimes life-long friendships get forged in the sandpit at the playground, so why not in this one?

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To capture the drama of the pole vault and long jump, she placed her cameras in holes beside the sandpit where the athletes landed.

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Back at the sandpit they are focused instead on appropriate technologies and energy efficiency, trying to refine their ideas and create a workable project that would not only provide solid research but also be sustainable after the funding runs out.

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It was shot in Tunisia, but part of the crucifixion scene had to be filmed in a sandpit in Kent.

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Before you attempt to eat and run, the fully licensed market (with extended opening hours from noon until11 pm every day this summer in honour of the Olympics and Paralympics) features a cocktail bar, urban beach (a sandpit for adults), hammocks, ping-pong tables and a live DJ.

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