Sentence examples for had been peripheral from inspiring English sources

Until then he had been peripheral but in this misfiring team that was hardly his fault.

In ending on the left at Arsenal, Rooney had been peripheral by position.

Hazard, who after a bright start had been peripheral by his standards, roused himself to dart into the box and drive an angled shot which hit Fabianski.

The Spaniard, while no longer booed, had been peripheral in a half which might have been lifted straight out of October's capitulations to Southampton and Liverpool.

Aside from the Portrait of Prince Kung, any appearances of Chinese people in Beato's earlier work had been peripheral (minor, blurred, or both) or as corpses.

Kennedy's testimony at the trial seemed relaxed, confident, and forthcoming, and helped convince the public that his involvement had been peripheral and unintended.

For years, he has been peripheral to US strategy.

Eden Hazard, the player of the year, has been peripheral and ineffective.

SBS's coverage, which was supposed to provide the free-to-air oxygen that FFA craves, has been peripheral.

His influence on us has sometimes been marginal, but more often it has been peripheral - or nil.

The fact is that though he's the top scorer, Eto'o has been peripheral to most of the matches he's played so far, alienated by base tactics.