Sentence examples for bid to pull off from inspiring English sources

Ireland came up short in their bid to pull off a miracle in Malahide as they were beaten by five wickets in an enthralling inaugural Test with Pakistan.

Bangladesh's bid to pull off both the highest Melbourne chase and win a first World Cup knockout match was derailed when two wickets fell in successive deliveries.

And if anyone in John Robertson's squad is lacking inspiration as they bid to pull off an upset against a Premiership giant, they need only look back to unsung hero Raven's glory moment.

I know that Team McCain is targeting several states in its bid to pull off what now looks like a far less unlikely upset than it should be.

The scandal, which first erupted in 2013, is threatening to dominate the campaign ahead of a 19 October election where Stephen Harper's Conservatives are bidding to pull off a rare fourth consecutive victory.

Even so, ABN has rightly opened its books to the consortium, thus making the unsolicited bid a bit easier to pull off.

At the margin, however, bids are becoming harder to pull off.

To pull off the bid, Mr. Dell has teamed up with the investment firm Silver Lake Partners and Microsoft, as well as four banks to line up more than $13 billion in financing.