Sentence examples for draw was held from inspiring English sources

The compliments galloped out of trainers' mouths this morning like young horses turned out to pasture as the post-position draw was held for the Grade I, $750,000 Whitney Handicap on Saturday.

The draw was held Saturday morning in Johannesburg in conjunction with the draw for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will be played in South Africa a year before it hosts the 2010 World Cup.

The lowest-ranked side, Westfields of the Midland League Premier Division, will host the National League North side Curzon Ashton, who defeated York City in a replay after the draw was held.

At the signing event, a draw was held in which the Freedom Front Plus won the right to appear at the top of the ballot paper.

To decide who took their place, a "lucky losers" draw was held from the 20 teams knocked out in the second round; Darlington were selected, and lost their third-round tie 2 1 to Aston Villa at Villa Park.

Prior to the creation of the running order for the final, an allocation draw was held during the semi-final winners press conferences following the conclusion of each semi-final and during the individual press conferences on 6 May 2014 for the Big Five (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom).

Pope was searching for the World Cup draw being held 13 time zones ahead in Pusan, South Korea.

And there will not be a club in Europe that would relish opposing Chelsea when the Champions League draw is held in Monaco at lunchtime this Friday.

But not only will there be no English team on that field, there will not even be one of the high-financed British clubs among the quarterfinalists when the draw is held Friday.

On Thursday in Zurich, FIFA released the newest edition of its world rankings, revealing the seven teams that will comprise Pot 1 when the final draw is held in Salvador, Brazil, on Dec. 6.

Contests are generally three days and go like this: two partners are drawn to go out in a 20-foot Ranger-model boat the first day; a new draw is held for different partners the second day; and the performers who make the cut draw again for the third day.