Sentence examples for he neared first from inspiring English sources

As he neared first base, Tejada tripped.

Valdespin initially thought the ball would carom off the wall for a double, he said, but as he neared first base, he realized it had cleared the fence.

Williams ran back toward the fence, looked up and slowed as he watched Javier's home run carry over the wall; Javier pumped his right fist as he neared first base.

Williams smacked a single to center, O'Neill pausing as he neared second, and then speeding around the bag, taking third.

Reyes slowed as he neared second base, then accelerated toward third as the Reds' Aaron Boone came in to make the play.

As Posada neared second base, he realized he was in serious jeopardy of being cut down.

Any nerves Smith felt over his place in the Test team should have evaporated as he neared the seventh century of his career.

As he neared his eleventh birthday, Gloucester was assigned Mary's old apartments in Kensington Palace.

Now, as he neared his third and final retirement after 45 years of service, Washington drafted the letter we know as his "Farewell Address," a letter from which Mitt Romney could take two important lessons.

As he neared his thirtieth birthday, the Philippine immigrant and labor organizer Bulosan was experiencing a life that was not consistent with the theme Rockwell depicted in his version of Freedom From Want.

He was on second base when a ball was driven to deep center and Bush thought it would be a home run, so he slowed slightly nearing third.