Sentence examples for haul him down from inspiring English sources

There was controversy when Dia was booked for diving after Neill had appeared to pull his shirt and haul him down in the penalty area.

They might remind me that Louisa May Alcott envisioned a philosopher as "a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends pulling the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down".

NYC had no answer for Accam – who'd already hit a post after a slaloming run through a forest of defenders, when he gave the Fire the lead, and who having scored that goal would moments later reduce the Fire's opponents to 10 men when another surging run forced Andrew Jacobson to haul him down for a straight red card.

James Hook kicked a penalty shortly after coming on as a replacement to reduce the arrears to five points and Martyn Williams looked set to score after bursting away from a lineout only for François Trinh-Duc to haul him down a few yards short of the line.

And Mellor would have added a second try following a break from halfway but for a terrific tackle from Jack Hughes, who made up a 15-yard start to haul him down short of the line.

Harry Kane fires in his second goal Kane won the penalty himself, when he collected Deli Alli's pass and waited for the on-rushing Declan Rudd to haul him down.

But Gerardo Torrado cynically hauled him down, earning a yellow card, and each team probably left happy with the tie.

In perhaps the most telling play of the game, with the Jets trailing by 9 points, linebacker Adalius Thomas chased Favre, grabbed his jersey and spun him as if waving a towel, hauling him down for a 20-yard sack.

Stoke's fans had already marked out Suarez as the villain of the piece even before he tumbled as Shawcross hauled him down from behind in the second minute.

Hibs midfielder Scott Allan, outstanding in the win over Rangers last time out, showed early signs he was in the mood again and Morgaro Gomis and Prince Buaben resorted to hauling him down in attempts to curtail his early industry.

The second half is 30 seconds old when Charlie Mulgrew gives the ball away to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who scampers downfield, his run only brought to an end when Mulgrew hauls him down and earns himself a yellow card.