Sentence examples for get a finger from inspiring English sources

I always tell him, 'Good block, Dikembe, good block,' and he didn't even get a finger on the ball.

Usual mixed afternoon under the high ball and did not get a finger on try‑scoring Alex Cuthbert.

"I was just trying to contest it by getting a hand in his face, and I was lucky to get a finger on it and block the shot".

She says none of the clothes fit her anymore ("I couldn't even get a finger into most of them now") and seems to have no sentimental attachment to things.

Twelve hours, standing over a boiling cauldron, in the heat of Jamaica, with a hatchet beside you, ready to chop off your hand in case you get a finger trapped in a mill.

As he passed through the sash, Mr. Solomon managed to get a finger pointed back and to shout from mid-air, "You're fired!" View Article By Rivka Galchen By Jia Tolentino By Zoë Heller By Malcolm Gladwell.

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I got a finger on the ball, but he said it hit the crossbar.

"When I kicked it, I thought I heard a double tick like someone got a finger on it.

They played cards and Fish won a hundred and twenty-two dollars on a straight flush from a guy whose brother was getting a finger reattached.

"I Still Got a Finger" is Mr. Shelton's update of "Take This Job and Shove It," on which he complains about "hillbilly pay" for hard labor, and tells the boss's son: Ain't a part of me that doesn't hurt Hey, but lucky for me you can easily see I still got a finger that works.