Sentence examples similar to wider in the first from inspiring English sources

Defending an eminently makeable target, England made a poor start, Jade Dernbach serving up three wides in the first over of India's innings.

Javier Hernández had shot just wide in the first half, when there was little to separate the two teams.

After starting from pole position at Albert Park, he was forced wide in the first corner and dropped from first to sixth place.

They wore down — plain beat up — the San Diego line, taking a running game that was just all right running wide in the first half to casual certainty running up the middle in the second.

"It was a bit unfortunate he did not score a goal; he put one header wide in the first half and then had one stopped by Dirk Kuyt in the second.

He had slid wide in the first corner on his second and final lap, the one that was supposed to be the quicker, and had a lot of ground to make up.

There could be, should be, six goals instead of five, but Villa somehow sent a penalty shot wide in the first round on a failed bid for a third goal against Honduras, leaving his face full of shock and disgust.

Rating: 3 Freddy Adu: The U.S. captain played out wide in the first half and did a good job switching the field and spotting the open man – usually Brek Shea – in attack.

In a survey of high-net-worth Americans by Harrison Group in January, 78% said their sense of financial security had been undermined by the crisis; only 46% were optimistic about their own future, against 93% in 2005.This special report will explain how disparities in wealth and income became so wide in the first place and ask whether that process will now go into reverse.

The midfielder had converted all 10 of his previous penalties, but scuffed this one wide in the first half.

Tottenham's Emmanuel Adebayor flicked a shot just wide in the first half, and they dominated after the break.