Sentence examples for composed himself to from inspiring English sources

He had a nervous start when he missed a straightforward penalty early in the match, but he quickly composed himself to put in a performance that belied his rookie status.

Attempting to clear downfield, Adam Johnson's mishit was exposed when James Hanson nodded it back into the Sunderland penalty area and Stead composed himself to switch the ball between his feet and shoot under Mannone's body to provide a decisive two-goal advantage.

Andrew Shinnie ghosted by the Hearts defence and composed himself to drive a shot across MacDonald and into the bottom corner.

However the Dragons had the last word, Pomeroy finishing off some snappy interplay from a chip kick and France half-back Bosc composed himself to slot the pivotal extras and book a semis berth.

Monfils was restricted by a back injury, but threatened to deny Kukushkin his first apperance in the fourth round of a Grand Slam before his 24-year-old opponent composed himself to set up a meeting with Murray.

My shoelaces were still untied, it was like a movie scene". Unsurprisingly, McGill arrived a little late for the first round match against Nigel Bond and was docked a frame, but he composed himself to compile a break of 77 to level at 1-1.

Murray needed to compose himself, to put his case that Stepanek was stalling, forcefully but quietly, to the chair umpire Damien Dumusois – and he won the argument.

It was, he says, not until the news was confirmed by the BBC that he began to compose himself to address the great honour bestowed upon him by the Swedes.

He stared at Watford's fans to compose himself, to take in the moment, before demonstrating such reliability from the spot.

Swiel managed to compose himself to kick over his second penalty of the afternoon, but Myler was once more clinical from the tee, before Saints brought on England prop Alex Corbisiero for his first game since September.

The Ryder Cup player, who is looking for his first European Tour win since the 2012 BMW PGA Championship, moved away from the ball and allowed the animal to pass safely before composing himself to hit a good shot onto the green and sinking his putt for birdie.