Sentence examples for down the opening from inspiring English sources

O'Reilly said that as Hutton had a large range of attacking strokes, he was not a stereotypical, defensive opener who was mainly used to wear down the opening bowlers, and could be used in the middle order as an aggressor.

Mr. Clarke said losses at Fresh & Easy narrowed for the first time in fiscal 2012 but that Tesco would slow down the opening of new stores in the chain and be more cautious about how to expand the business.

The allusions in the lyrics to victimhood and consumerism were among Poly Styrene's signature themes, and she threw down the opening line – "Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard" – like a live grenade.

In August, Wal-Mart said it would slow down the opening of stores in China, Brazil and Mexico, after growth in those markets eased, Reuters reported — leaving India one of the few big emerging markets it could look to for growth.

-4 Pettersson (going down the opening hole) Singh (out about now) Woods (ditto) -3 McIlroy (1) Poulter (on his way down the first) -2 van Pelt (9) Harrington (9, who's about to drop one on 10) Siem (6, although he's currently having a sand-based meltdown on 7) Luiten (4) Adams (2) Immelman (2) 7.55pm BST Well, Stricker conjures a magical chip on 16 to set himself up for a ten-foot birdie chance.

But via an ace and a walloped mid-court forehand, Murray has locked down the opening game.

Millwall pushed forward from the kick-off and had a penalty appeal turned down in the opening minute when Stephen Crainey appeared to pull down Liam Feeney.

Three-love down in the opening set and you could see the ground opening up in front of him but Kyrgios clearly has balls.

As the baby's head begins to press down on the opening of the uterus, the cervix will start to thin out and open.

Four went down in the opening hour of the afternoon.

That confidence seeped down from the opening tee at 11.36am.