Sentence examples for defend your corner from inspiring English sources

Because the job will invariably involve liaising with people from a variety of disciplines, you must be able to get on with other people and also be able to defend your corner if need be.

When Berdych took over a point with his powerful forehand, Nadal was forced to defend, running from corner to corner to retrieve with deft chips that forced Berdych to earn every point.

"How can you defend a corner kick with nine men, and two of your men have not faked anything, they've not dived, they just want to get [back] on the pitch.

They defend the corner safely though.

An ability to defend a corner would be a start.

Without its own cabinet minister, the ODA was too weak to defend its corner, says Lankester.

Just how long after will depend on how long Chilcot allows those he wants to criticise to defend their corner.

They were down to 10 men and we were comfortable, then we just didn't defend the corner.

Rosberg was moving over to defend the corner – it was two guys going for the same piece of tarmac, but the big loser out of this is Lewis Hamilton".

The word was that they worried about him when the going was tough but Graveney was also his own man, ready to defend his corner on behalf of himself and his team-mates.

But speaking on the World at One, with presenter Edward Stourton presiding over the two warring Radio 4 factions, Bragg (who unfortunately for Humphrys was not on holiday as he had hoped) took the opportunity to diplomatically defend his corner.