Sentence examples for before he served from inspiring English sources
The hairy Frenchman might be regarded as something of a wild card, but given the responsibility of representing France in a tournament once before, he served up Divine for the Eurovision Song Contest, a chanson that is for my money the best entry the contest has fielded since Abba's Waterloo.
17 bounces by Djokovic before he served at 15-30.
He shushed the crowd right before he served, getting a laugh.
Ken Lay was found guilty (he died before he served his time).
Bernard Ingham was a would-be Labour candidate before he served Margaret Thatcher.
Before he served his first day, Fischer discovered that his notoriety was inescapable.
Photographer: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters 4.53pm BST Ivan Zaytsev of Italy kisses the ball before he serves against the United States during the men's Volleyball quarter-finals at Earls Court.
PAGE B1 SPORTS IN TICS AND IDIOSYNCRASIES, Top Players Find Their Zen Novak Djokovic often bounces the tennis ball for gratingly long stretches before he serves, especially before big points.
Djokovic's cardinal trait — sometimes viewed as his cardinal sin — is the ball bounce, a psychological need that can occupy large blocks of time before he serves, particularly before big points.
