Sentence examples for were touched for from inspiring English sources

Adam Cimber and Brad Hand, acquired during the season to shore up the bullpen, were touched for three runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The Russians, sticky defenders who were touched for only five goals in their soft World Cup qualifying bracket, had kept Belgium at bay until then.

I wasn't pleased it took us that long". Bellarmine-Jefferson (1-4) scored a run in the sixth to pull ahead going into the final frame against the Knights, but then the wheels came off as the Guards were touched for five runs in the top of the seventh and then went in order in the bottom of the inning for a stinging defeat.

In Experiment 2, we showed that the characteristic pattern of homology effects remained even when rapid recoding into numerical form was discouraged by forcing participants to retain information about which specific fingers were touched for a randomly-interleaved task.

Similarly, goats developed over-reactivity to touch of the hind limbs, characterised by kicking when the legs were touched for tests of proprioception (all goats) or by exaggerated responses to withdrawal reflex testing of the hind limbs (two goats).

Pensions are inflexible products which cannot be touched for decades.

A lot has not even been touched for 100 years".

And next is the dining room, which hasn't been touched for decades.

"Many of them hadn't been touched for half a century," said Mr. Chandler, who is 49.

"The basement hadn't been touched for 30 years," she recalls.

He was touched for another run in the third, allowing successive singles to Derek Jeter, Giambi and Williams.