Sentence examples for performed a move from inspiring English sources

Holland were playing Sweden in the early stages of the 1974 World Cup in West Germany when Johan Cruyff, the Dutch captain, performed a move that launched a thousand knee operations in the west of Scotland.

Skipper defeated Dutt in the match after he performed a move he calls the Play of the Day, in which he laid his leg on Dutt's head and neck, grabbed Dutt's near arm, and then spun and slammed Dutt to the mat.

Backed by the Gift Band (who include her husband Martin Carthy, daughter Eliza, and nieces and nephews), she performed a moving version of the traditional song Bunch of Thyme.

Bowie was honoured at the Brit awards last month, when singer Lorde and the backing band that worked with Bowie on his final two tours performed a moving rendition of Life on Mars.

In a more serious gesture, the orchestra performed a moving rendition of "Nimrod" from Elgar's "Enigma Variations" in tribute to both the conductor Colin Davis, who died on Sunday at 85, and to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Even when truly disturbing sounds invaded his tranquillity — the blowing up of the Marine barracks in Lebanon, the outcry of Jews over the Bitburg affair, the explosion of the Challenger — he seemed oddly equable, although in each case he performed a moving ceremony of grief.

To better test whether the VALs are improving with time, we performed a moving average analysis of the 'Timely' and 'Almost' categories (Figure 10) which shows a complex pattern but a general improvement after 2003. Figure 9 Distribution of data in study over time.

The group performed a moving tribute to Cory Monteith's character as Finn's mother and step-father watched in the audience.

In May, the Kingdom Choir performed a moving rendition of "Stand by Me" at the when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got married.

Two years after the tragic death of his four-year-old son, Clapton performed a moving rendition of "Tears in Heaven" at the 1993 Grammys.

The highlight of 2012's "Night Of Too Many Stars", Comedy Central's biennial event that benefits autism, came from 11-year-old Jodi DiPiazza, a musician on the autistic spectrum, who performed a moving rendition of "Firework" with Katy Perry.