Example sentences of "picked up the ball " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He picked up the ball on the edge of his penalty area , pushed it to Ricky McAvoy who laid on the chance for McCallan to drill his shot past Wesley Lamont .
2 Mark Gill picked up the ball in the middle of the Park and , with the Portadown defence spreadeagled and offering no challenge , he calmly lobbed it over their heads and also that of Magee who had come off his line .
3 A hawk had swooped low over the field of play , picked up the ball in its claws and flown off with it .
4 From a hurried clearance , I think , Wallace picked up the ball and went past 4 defenders to the bye-line .
5 When I picked up the ball I did n't see the crowd , just that basket . ’
6 In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield .
  Next page