Example sentences of "the six yard " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ten minutes after the restart Philpott on the right this time , crossed from the byline and Walsh was lurking again on the edge of the six yard box to head in his second goal . |
| 2 | Then Agnew who does n't out there at all heads it back in and Speedy in the ideal spot in the six yard box a nice little flick on . |
| 3 | But it was Aldridge 's flying header at the edge of the six yard box on 14 minutes which provided a conclusive finish to a classic down-the-line move between Keane and the overlapping Irwin . |
| 4 | Ellison cleverly flicked the ball over his marker , made ground into the box , crossed low into the six yard box for Nick Cusack , who looks every inch a £100,000 striker , to have a close range shot blocked , but Mardenborough , lurking behind , stabbed the ball home . |
| 5 | But there could have been a little more hope if Huddersfield referee Steve Bell had given a penalty when David Cork was manhandled to the ground in the six yard box when Quakers were looking for an equaliser . |
| 6 | Quakers resorted to long balls , giving Nick Cusack several half chances , but they should have been back in the game after 72 minutes when David Cork jinked round his marker , Martin James , in the six yard box , and was then hauled down . |
| 7 | Yes I w I I would think so I mean it it wo n't occur in five minutes of course erm and I I would still say that I would like to see them in the six yard box more often . |
| 8 | Erm one was a penalty on Saturday , G Gary 's and of course you ca n't er really lay a lot of credit for getting in the six yard box on penalties , but he took his other goal well , shot and he pick he picked the bits up off the keeper and Gary scored a good headed goal from a a brilliant cross by Tony . |
| 9 | More bad luck was to follow a minute later ; Steve Jenkins hit a cross shot which Spencer Creedon parried across the six yard box , Kenny Clark followed up and desperately slid in but was denied by the post , and in doing so , dislocated his finger , but was luckily allowed back into the action within minutes following treatment . |
| 10 | Witney 's winner came courtesy of a set piece ; Town were awarded a free kick which Dave Watson swung to the edge of the six yard box . |
| 11 | On fifty minutes , Andy Leach made a good saving tackle on the edge of the six yard box as Hugh Mann prepared to unleash a shot , and Dave Warner parried Graham Daniels follow up wide . |