Example sentences of "a [adj] shot " in BNC.

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1 Right-back Ze Carlos mis-hit a 12th minute back pass , allowing Stoichkov to drive a left-footed shot , which Benfica goalkeeper Neno could only help into the net .
2 He opened it up at the last minute , came flying over and it was a terrific shot .
3 It was Alexander , formerly of Barnet , who demanded the only save Steve Ogrizovic was required to make — a low shot from the edge of the area forcing the man-mountain goalkeeper to go down with a motion usually greeted with cries of ‘ timber ’ .
4 Holden 's 64th-minute free-kick clattered the wall and the ball fell to Henry , who drilled a low shot from more than 30 yards inside Lukic 's right-hand post .
5 Holden battered the free-kick against the wall and after a scramble the ball fell to Henry , who struck a low shot from more than 30 yards past Lukic .
6 He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal .
7 Grobbelaar flapped at McGee 's cross and when Miller drove in a low shot Sanchez turned the ball into the net .
8 Mick Toal rose high to head in a Ford cross , and Ford himself completed the scoring with a low shot .
9 Everton 's £1 million recruit from across Stanley Park snatched a famous victory just six minutes from time , when he drilled in a low shot from the edge of the penalty area .
10 Herobbed Guppy just outside the area and swept a low shot past keeper Paul Hyde .
11 But Townsend gave his side a deserved lead in the 19th minute The Republic of Ireland midfielder was perfectly positioned in the nineteenth minute when Graeme Le Saux touched back a crossfield ball from Fleck for his skipper to drive home a low shot .
12 They advanced on Garry Parker 's through pass , side-stepped Peacock and drilled a low shot towards the bottom corner which the alert Roberts saved one-handed .
13 But Ian Rush , Liverpool 's most experienced European campaigner , quickly spared their blushes two minutes later , turning well inside the box to drill home a low shot from Hutchison 's pass .
14 In the 28th minute he collected a Peschsllibo pass to turn and score with a low shot into the far corner of the net .
15 Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot .
16 A minute later a low shot from RUC top scorer Love was saved by the keeper White at the expense of a corner .
17 Mooney scored the goal of the game when he burst down the left and hit a low shot into the far corner .
18 David Kerslake drove the ball across the face of goal from the right and unmarked Taylor scored with a low shot at the far post .
19 But almost immediately , Paul Tosh equalised for Danny McGrain 's side , firing a low shot into the corner of the net in 15 minutes after an error by Stewart Burgess .
20 Dowie had two chances to increase the lead after the interval , but just failed to reach a cross from Black and then saw a low shot kept out by the legs of goalkeeper Kapilarii .
21 Substitute Michael Zeyer was given too much room on the edge of the penalty area and he fired a low shot past Woods to score .
22 Town went two nil up straight after the restart , when Bradbury had a good run on the left wing , centred for Aries who nodded the ball back to a waiting Kevin Connelly and he made no mistake with a low shot .
23 The game started disastrously for United when after a mistake by Martin Shepherd , Kenny Langston ran on to beat the advancing Richardson with a low shot into the corner of United 's goal in the fourth minute .
24 In the second half , Thame came more in to the game and created a couple of chances , however in the sixty fifth minute , Sean Liden won the ball on the halfway line , his long ball found Gary Weaving who turned and placed a low shot past Mayhew to make it one nil .
25 In the sixty fifth minute after recovering from some heavy pressure , Bicester broke away for Mark Edwards to open the score with a low shot from twenty five yards , Whittington helping the ball over the line when he dived to save .
26 From a Neil Pink corner , the ball was cleared to outside the penalty area , where a strong shot from Minto flew over the defence into the net .
27 A resourceful and pacy winger , with a strong shot , Peter deservedly earned the affection of all the Palace clientele of the mid-1950s , but these were troubled days at Selhurst Park and fans of that period are left with the feeling that we never really saw Peter Berry consistently produce the level of football of which he was undoubtedly capable .
28 Clutterbuck scored a typical individual goal to increase the lead and Manor rounded off a fine win with a good passing movement , culminating in a strong shot from Neil Pink .
29 But with 15 minutes left Dyer gave the visitors some hope when he chested down a cross and struck a strong shot past Muggleton from close range .
30 ‘ You wo n't do it drinking with Bodo till all hours , ’ Frau Nordern said , but it was a Parthian shot as she did , then , go to sleep .
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