Sentence examples for pulled a masterstroke from inspiring English sources

Hyndman has pulled a masterstroke by bringing those two in.

"It could be," I asserted, "that [Villa owner, Randy ] Lernerand his splendidly named sidekick, General Charles C Krulak, will prove to have pulled a masterstroke by bringing Houllier back into top-flight management.

Brenda alone would be enough to propel 90210 into the teen hall of fame but, in the show's second season, Aaron Spelling and co pulled a masterstroke by introducing Emily Valentine into the mix.

As the pair start to argue, Alvy pulls a masterstroke and drags McLuhan out from behind a hoarding to tell the other guy, "you know nothing of my work!" Alfred Hitchcock in Lifeboat (1944) Spotting Hitch in his movies is cinema's version of Where's Wally.

"France has pulled off a masterstroke," chimed in Libération, a leftish daily.

Just before they rolled the tape, Feige pulled off a masterstroke, leaving the stage in the hands of someone frankly far more qualified to get the crowd going.

This time last year, when Super Bowl touched down on 3 February, Disney pulled off a masterstroke and unleashed Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour.

Megan has long been Emmerdale's most joyous troublemaker, but even she pulled off a masterstroke when she forced lusty Leyla to confess she'd been having an affair with Jai by pretending he was dead.

I left three days later a convert and convinced London 2012 organisers had pulled off a masterstroke in embedding the relay in each community it passed through, meaning that a glowing core of local pride outweighed any residual discomfort at the multinational wrapper it came in.

But Portsmouth may just have pulled off a masterstroke in appointing him as Steve Cotterill's replacement.

The BBC's Football Focus pulled off a masterstroke by enticing the Italian into a chat with Noel Gallagher, who on reflection was just about the perfect man to get inside Balotelli's head.