Sentence examples for get a good position from inspiring English sources

You want him to get a good position in society.

With her draw, I had to get after her early to get a good position.

The message to potential members is that now is the time to join the party in order to get a good position in a new government in Iraq.

Galileo Gold has experience on the track and the early speed to get a good position and is the obvious bet in the race at around 2-1.

But wherever Woods went, his flock gathered – thousands of folk in plaid and pastel, jockeying each other as they waddled after the path of his ball, doing their best to obey the club rule that commands them not to run in their rush to get a good position for his next shot.

He/she will have to put in more effort than the traditionally educated people to get a good position.

Though he lost the game, he got a good position out of the opening.

Aston Villa have had five draws and one win and they've got a good position in the league.

I managed to find a line to confuse him and got a good position but then made some inaccuracies and after a horrible double blunder – he left something huge "en prise", as we say, and I failed to take it – he got into a very good position.

In a Rahman/Belyavsky game, at the Bled Olympiad last year, Black spruced up an old defense and got a good position after 6... ef 7 Nf5 ef 8 e3 Bd6 9 Bc4 O-O 10 h3 Re8 11 Qc2 g6 12 Bd2 Nbd7 13 a5 Rc8 14 O-O Bb8.

This was particularly evident in Leko v Bareev, in which Bareev got a good position in the first game as Black and missed a big shot which might well have won but then imploded in time trouble in just a few short moves (see below).