Sentence examples for managed to get ahead from inspiring English sources

In the third set I was cramping but I managed to get ahead because I think she was getting frustrated.

Pole-sitter Stoner managed to get ahead by lap five but he was unable to break clear of the chasing quartet and Lorenzo muscled back past with 17 laps left.

As concerns spread over US hospital readiness, there are some lessons to be learned from Nigeria, where officials managed to get ahead of the fast-moving virus after it was brought into Africa's most populous country by an Ebola-infected man who'd flown into Lagos.

Cath thought for one disoriented moment that the dead boy had somehow managed to get ahead of them, to forestall them, to reassure them he was all right after all, to stop them bringing the terrible news home to his parents.

Looking back, Donna has never managed to get ahead without ruining things for someone else, another example of how the show manages to hide things in plain sight – let's not forget Cameron was pushed out of the company she led, a company called... Mutiny.

I was happy I stayed mentally strong and managed to get ahead and hold my nerve at the end".

By adding him to an already-strong bullpen featuring Greg Holland and Kelvin Herrera, the Royals compensated for their mediocre lineup and starting rotation by ensuring that when they did manage to get ahead, they would hold on to their edge.

"We had a two-year plan to get up and we've managed to get there ahead of schedule.

I managed to get myself ahead a couple of times, with good head shots, and then I made a mistake at the end and she got me back".

Mercedes were in a race of their own at the front and behind them Ferrari managed to get Vettel into third ahead of Massa with clever strategy.

Millwall could have taken the lead when a mistake by Stephen Warnock let in James Henry, but when his cross came in Matt Mills managed to get a foot in ahead of Chris Wood.