Sentence examples for half for long from inspiring English sources

There is simply too much quality in their ranks to anchor them in the bottom half for long.

The ball lived in their forward half for long stretches in the third and fourth quarters but they just couldn't deliver the knockout blow.

But instead of building on their lead, Glasgow grew careless again and were pinned back in their own half for long periods —although during this sequence the Welshmen did not look likely to burst through.

Suddenly Anfield was a noisy place again, Hull were being trapped in their own half for long periods, and the contest had become a question of how long the visitors could hang on.

It was one-way traffic, with the visitors pinned back in their own half for long periods and with the opening period drawing to a close, Dan Gosling fired narrowly wide of the left hand post from the edge of the box, as the Seasiders failed to find the goal their efforts deserved.

For New York boss Jason Kreis, he had seen his team on the back foot for much of the game, struggling to get out of their half for long stretches and with Saunders – bleeding from a head wound after a nasty clash with the goalpost in the first half – a bloodied hero between the sticks.

They were sloppy in the extreme for the majority of the first half and, for long spells, their patient possession football teetered towards the realms of the ponderous.

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"The boys put in a huge effort but we have to look at the second half and examine why we let France camp in our half for so long and enjoy so much possession.

They kind of sit in your head, half-formed, for long periods of time and then suddenly you encounter the other half of that idea in someone else's brain or just out in the world.

On Alexander Gibb's advice Paton read for a degree in civil engineering at University College London (UCL), where he had won a scholarship at the age of 17. Whilst at UCL Paton earned half-colours for long distance running and became the only student to graduate with a first class honours Bachelor of Sciences degree in engineering in 1925.