Sentence examples for yard from inspiring English sources

He had also obtained a PhD in Islamic studies from the Islamic University of Baghdad, and would draw on both to legitimise his unprecedented claim to anoint himself caliph of the Islamic world in July 2014, which realised a sense of destiny evident in the prison yard a decade earlier.

As a girl, she was often dragged into the yard and doused with buckets of water or dumped into a full bathtub of water.

Together with his brother and the neighbours Seppe and Jens Brulmans, nephews of the former Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters, they set up a YouTube channel and posted their own football videos under the nickname YardBrooz, the yard brothers.

As the poor get hit with an eight euro a week cut in social welfare, as the rank-and-file public and private sector continue to live with pay cuts and lay-offs, the bonus culture in the minister's own back yard continues unchecked.

Don Sotero leaned on the stable door that led into his yard and squinted into the searingly bright sunlight of the dusty street.

The "yard sale" and auction got under way in the morning at the Reliant Centre, the convention centre adjacent to the now-closed stadium.

5) Antonio Cassano's swerving 30-yard strike against Fiorentina was as glorious as it was futile.

Moments later, McLaughlin came close again, this time with a 19-yard free-kick.

89 min: Piszczek sends a cross into the six-yard box, but Lewandowski is beaten to it, the ball going behind for a corner.

It had the chutzpah of Charlie Adam's 65-yard missile against Chelsea, the touch and technique of Wayne Rooney's swivelling volley against Aston Villa and the did-that-actually-just-happen quality of Jermain Defoe's winner for Sunderland against Newcastle United, and above all it was a gloriously subtle goal, instinct combining with a clear thought-process to devastating effect.

He was brilliant for Roy Hodgson's side in their run to the Europa League final in 2010 – a 20-yard blast in a win over Shakhtar Donetsk summed up how influential Zamora was for them during those heady days – and his form convinced Fabio Capello to give him his first England cap.