Sentence examples for He has snatched from inspiring English sources

He has snatched up 19 buildings, some at tax lien sales for $2,000, and has restored the historic look of a half-dozen storefronts, dusting off the tin ceilings and renovating the apartments on the second floor, where he has installed new bathrooms and oak floors.

Reggie Evans has started the last three games, moving Humphries coming to the bench, and he has snatched 38 rebounds.

'That is why Barbette, the moment he has snatched off his wig, plays the part of a man.

Sampras is at his most intimidating on Center Court at the All England Club, where he has snatched up six titles over the last seven years, where his big-foot serve tramples opponents' spirits, where he has been nearly unbeatable.

She said he had snatched a necklace from her neck during an argument, causing her to fall.

He had snatched the interception after George bobbled a pass from Steve McNair, grabbing the ball in midair and effectively turning a 17-10 game into a 24-10 rout.

He then led the singleton diamond from dummy, and East would have prevailed if he had snatched his ace: There would have been no way for South to avoid a spade loser.

"We wanted to go to the Election Commission and demonstrate in a peaceful manner," said Rafaqat Bashir, 32, an advocate from nearby Rawalpindi, who was carrying a police cane which he said he had snatched from a policeman beating him.

In what was probably his most extraordinary win over Novak Djokovic since he won the first of his three grand slam titles – in New York four years ago – the prince of perversity, riding a wave of adrenaline after one of the toughest weeks of his career, beat the man whose crown he had snatched away so impudently in Paris a fortnight ago.

Thirty-five years before Pound's campaign, Arthur Rimbaud had made assaults of a similar character on French poetry, in the course of which he had snatched Paul Verlaine from the protection of the genteel Parnassian poets and crossed over to London, where his most adventurous work was written: A Season in Hell and portions of Illuminations.

He had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against Pakistan in the semi-final of the last World Twenty20 competition by hitting three sixes from the last over, and although this rescue act was less spectacular, it was a reminder of the virtues of proper batting, even in this frantic form of the game.