Sentence examples for inch of a second from inspiring English sources

Vickers came within an inch of a second try after a fearsome maul straight out of the Deano manual but Bath lost Henry Thomas to the sin-bin, the prop taking the rap for persistent offside by the back-pedalling visiting pack.

Burns replied when the home side were penalised for offside at the scrum and then added a second before Alesana Tuilagi came within inches of a second try for the Falcons, only to be tackled by Niall Morris.

Birmingham then came within inches of a second as Lovenkrands latched onto a Paul Caddis ball forward and checked before firing off a shot which hit the inside of a post, rolled across the line and out.

Watt again came within inches of a second goal after getting the better of Esson, but though he missed out on that occasion, he didn't have to wait too long to notch Celtic's fourth, rifling in from eight yards after good play down the left by Izaguirre.

Saints came within inches of a second try, but Tigers were let off when the television match official decided the foot of Foden, under pressure from Kitchener, had gone out of play before the full-back managed to force the ball to the ground.

The 32-year-old brought his mount within inches of a first defeat through a shocking mistake, allowing her to coast unaided through the last 100 yards, so that she was almost caught by two fast-finishing rivals, winning by a head.

The delay in reaching the left is the time it takes sound to travel about four inches — thousandths of a second, but enough for us to place the sound.

Instead Aduriz came within inches of getting a second goal with another header which hit the outside of the post.

Because faster-traveling fluids exert less pressure than slower ones, microscopic air bubbles in the water expand from a few millionths of an inch across to an eighth of an inch in size as the jet shoots out of the claw.

Light travels about 30 cm (12 inches) in a billionth of a second.

Light moves 11.8 inches in a billionth of a second -- a nanosecond.