Sentence examples for avoided finishing from inspiring English sources

Wales were at their most bruisingly efficient, England were emerging from their chrysalis, Ireland were in stasis, France's motion was circular and so Scotland and Italy avoided finishing in the bottom two.

I watched them, from the far corner, where I was partly hidden behind an excitable pinball machine, as Szmura did the charming, while Bogdan stared at his almost empty glass — he avoided finishing the drink because he couldn't afford to buy a round.

Sun 11 Dec 11: Pakistan narrowly avoided finishing last at the 2011 Champions Trophy.

Victory over Hamilton Academical ensured County avoided finishing second bottom and a relegation play-off.

Miller's late header meant that Town avoided finishing bottom of League One following Stevenage's defeat at Brentford.

Broncos made light of their off-field woes to run in six tries as they avoided finishing in last place.

Can nice guys avoid finishing last in the hypercompetitive environment of Hollywood?

Was Hobbes' "Leviathan" tossed off in order to avoid finishing a longer work?

But the defense has to improve for the Texans to avoid finishing at the bottom again.

They produced a gritty display to avoid finishing bottom of the group.

It needs at least one more win to avoid finishing with the lowest victory total since the N.B.A. was formed in 1949.