Sentence examples for held lead from inspiring English sources

Dominic O'Donnell tells us of Grimsby's heartbreak, which was also broadcast live: The plucky Mariners held lead for much of the game before the most heartbreaking own goal you ever saw.

Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, who became a Labour MP in 1945, held lead roles in all four offices of state; as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967, Home Secretary from 1967 until 1970, and Foreign Secretary, from 1974 to 1976, as prime minister following when Harold Wilson's unexpected resignation.

That's why Khosla Ventures just hired Irene Au, who had previously held lead user experience and user interaction design jobs at firms like Yahoo and Google, to be its first design operating partner.

The Blackhawks held leads of 3-1 and 4-2 but could not hold them.

Mr. Obama and Mr. Gore had held leads of 1.3 percentage points in the polling averages of those states.

Mr. Romney, however, still held leads in two other tracking polls.

It has since receded slightly to 30.6 percent, however, as Mr. Obama held leads in a number of swing state polls late last week.

The Rangers held leads of 2-1 and 3-2, buthehe Capitals surged back to tie each time.

Of the 13 polls of swing states released on Thursday, Mr. Obama held leads in 11 of them.

Mr. Romney held leads early on in St .Louis City and St . Louis County but has since lost them as more votes have been counted.

A Hillsborough-style inquiry will also be held, led by an independent panel of experts on law and child protection.