Object

• ball: Fortunately for Wales, the giant Monaco striker was only able to prod the ball past the post from 10 yards.

• home: Carden was on hand to prod home from no more than a yard or two out to score his second goal of the week.

• company: Safety which operates prod the company 's a safety net.

Preposition: through

• midwicket: He doesn't get any swing with it, however, and Warne gets off the mark with a prod through midwicket.

Modifying Another Word

• much: I had no help from latex2html, which refused to install under Windows even after much prodding and cursing.

Adjective complement

• ..: Bloody Sunday, Granada Film, Hell's Kitchen; exec prod...

• past: Blackburn substitute Shefki Kuqi, who had only come on moments earlier, prods past Kiely to put his side back in the game.

Modifying Another Word

• forward: There's lots of obdurate blocking before he picks up a couple with a well-timed forward prod.

• then: You will feel when you meet a blockage and you should then prod the blockage with the rod.

• just: Another cross was marginally too long for Mitten who stretched to attempt to prod home just beyond the far post.

• constantly: Maybe we could live with it, were it not for Carla del Ponte, who constantly prods us to remember.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• around: Simply prod around your neck to find a sore point.

Used with why or when

• that: Strauss takes advantage with a neat prod that brings two runs.