Sentence examples for straightforward chances from inspiring English sources

The damage might have been minimised had the normally accurate Katy McLean not missed two straightforward chances, the second on the stroke of half-time.

PSG then missed three straightforward chances to kill the game off in the first 20 minutes, with Ibrahimovic hitting the post and then having a penalty saved by Placide.

Stoneman was twice reprieved from straightforward chances – first and most crucially when, with single figures to his name, he edged to Dawid Malan at first slip and later on 116 by the wicketkeeper John Simpson, diving across to floor a ball heading in the same direction.

With Oisin McConville's reliable free-taking also no longer there, Cross struggled badly for scores in the first half with Tony Kernan missing a couple of straightforward chances from placed balls.

Steenson's penalty got the visitors off the mark with less than 10 minutes played before Evans, having earlier converted his own try, missed two relatively straightforward chances with the boot for Harlequins.

On 15, he was dropped at slip, a straightforward chance.

He duly edged Amir to second slip where Younis Khan grassed a straightforward chance.

Yousuf slapped a cut shot low to gully, where Alastair Cook spilled a relatively straightforward chance.

This was a much more straightforward chance and also off Pattinson's bowling.

In the final minute, Harten missed a straightforward chance and Australia scored the winner with 13 seconds to play.

Marlon Samuels had 43 when James Tredwell missed a high-velocity but straightforward chance at deepish extra cover.