Sentence examples for have been shadows from inspiring English sources

The Real Madrid man completely in charge, the rest of the team may as well have been shadows.

There would have been shadows of course in parts of Europe, and in Russia and Brazil, but the outlook would have been pretty upbeat.

The problem with appointing a new manager in November is Nigel Pearson having to learn week by week what Leicester fans already know – too many players have been shadows of their former selves.

One explanation was that they could have been shadows of condensation trails from high flying jets: two Concordes were known to have flown in the eclipse path and observers on Alderney were startled by a sonic boom after "first contact" - the start of the moon's path across the disc of the sun.

He said: "I have been shadow chancellor for three weeks.

We have been shadowing the Carnegie medal and are eagerly waiting to hear who has won.

The budget negotiations have been shadowed by the question of compliance with the court order on education.

That night, two enigmatic Spaniards who have been shadowing him all day offer him an envelope of cash if he will refuse to treat Vallejo.

Yes, Yvette Cooper should have been shadow chancellor; but at least we now have one who (unlike the caretaker) will be distinguishable from George Osborne.

The box office may have remained robust, but all year the enterprise of moviemaking and the practice of movie watching have been shadowed by fatigue and irrelevance.

Armstrong, whose triumphs have been shadowed by doping allegations, subsequently called Simeoni a liar in a French newspaper interview in 2003.