Sentence examples for made the bench from inspiring English sources

Sad as it may be, he hasn't even made the bench for tonight's game.

And given Rossi had started three matches earlier in the competition, and not even made the bench in Cardiff, Vidic opted to hand the medal over.

Games under Mourinho Came on in the last minute of the penultimate game of the 2002-03 season, having twice made the bench previously.

None made the bench, leaving the £6.5m striker Jozy Altidore to turn out for the reserves and the £8.7m winger Emanuele Giaccherini kicking his heels at home.

One of the two men mowing the new pitch in the dawn rain was goalkeeper Nick Culkin, who in a brief Manchester United career made the bench for the 1999 Champions League final.

The 34-year-old was called into Fabio Capello's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra last June and made the bench in the second of those games, without getting called into action.

If I can make the bench that is!

That makes the bench, with three rookies, rather thin.

No such luck for his team-mate Arda Turan, who doesn't even make the bench.

His hopes were up, but again he did not make the bench.

England boast they are "on track" - but would, say, Mark Cueto, Danny Grewcock or Andrew Sheridan even make the bench?