Sentence examples similar to miss attempts from inspiring English sources

In Only When I Laugh: My Autobiography (Ebury, £20), Paul Merton expertly mines his "working-class Fulham childhood", hit-and-miss attempts to get into comedy and a "manic episode" that landed him in the Maudsley hospital.

The first two parts dealt with a brutal childhood in slum housing in west London, some near-miss attempts to make it as a rock'n'roll star, life pounding the streets as a postman and elevation through the ranks of the Communication Workers Union.

The Giants have had six different holders and two kickers and missed attempts have cost them games.

On that occasion there were seven missed attempts at a field goal, but there were only four on Sunday.

4. Ken Strong, 1934 Giants: Kicking statistics from the 1930s are scant (lengths and missed attempts are rarely available), and most teams used several different position players as kickers.

Frankel kicked field goals of 26, 24 and 28 yards for the Ducks, and missed attempts from 44 and 39 yards.

Participants performed golf putts until they had achieved 5 successful (hits) and 5 unsuccessful (misses) attempts.

More heartbreak for Three Lions fans as missed attempts from Ashley Cole and Ashley Young send England crashing out of a competition on penalties once again.

Opposing place-kickers Geraghty and Henson then traded missed attempts at goal in quick succession, before Henson was more accurate from close range to give Bath a three-point lead.

Andre Heidari kicked a 22-yard field goal, but he missed attempts from 40 and 46 yards.

We also recorded the number of missed attempts.