Example sentences of "[art] ball [adv prt] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He pumped the ball over to the far post where Whitton finished off , heading past Alan Kelly from eight yards . |
2 | ‘ At Elland Road I was expected to go and win the ball and that was about all they liked ! ! — get the ball up to the big front men and look around for the knock downs ’ ( Batts obviously did nt look very hard cos he did nt find many ! ! ) |
3 | Playing one of his few games in goal for Scotland , the Perth-born keeper , rolled the ball out to the experienced Manchester City fullback Willie Donachie ; with a shot of slide-rule perfection , Donachie lobbed the stranded Blyth , scoring a perfect own goal which gave Wales a fortunate draw . |
4 | Chelsea might have increased their lead 15 minutes later , but Wise elected to shoot across the face of goal rather than pull the ball back to the well-positioned Fleck . |
5 | I kept throwing the ball back to the wrong player . |
6 | Hand 's team , however , replied impressively seven minutes later when Maskell , transfer-listed at his own request after scoring 33 goals last season , scored his first of this , Cecere laying the ball off to the ambitious young man whose crisp drive was a powerful argument for a rise in status . |
7 | He tap-loaded the next cartridge , not bothering to use the cumbersome ramrod , but just slamming the rifle 's butt hard on the ground in hope that the blow would jar the ball down to the loose charge . |