Example sentences of "home team 's " in BNC.

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1 Steve Clayton 's eighth-minute dismissal for tripping hardly enhanced the home team 's prospects .
2 Orient , like Rovers promoted from the Fourth Division last May , made few telling incursions into the penalty area where they lacked the pace of the home team 's Malkin and Morrissey , though their approach work was neat enough .
3 Brooks 's curling drive brought an equally adept save from Carter , while Coleman 's thumping shot skimmed over — after Blissett had quick-wittedly overrun the ball as it came over from Shearer in one of the home team 's brightest moves .
4 Having subdued the home team 's initial pressure Newcastle began to come more into the game and took the lead after 16 minutes with an excellent goal from their leading scorer Peacock .
5 Hayward then increased the home team 's lead with two penalties in the space of five minutes .
6 By the second half Scotland was fighting for her life , and a missed tackle gave the opening that led to the home team 's great goal .
7 In his infinite wisdom , Ally has returned to the repressed traumas of Argentina and selected goalkeeper Alan Rough to defend the home team 's honour .
8 The home team 's comeback was complete when Ford cross to the far post and Paul Read 's low header gave him his 17th goal of the season .
9 After the interval , with the wind and slope in the home team 's favour , they began to put pressure on the Haslemere defence and scored two well-taken goals in a 15-minute spell .
10 The first finalist has emerged in the Haslemere Combination League , Admirals ‘ B ’ defeated Grange ‘ B ’ by a margin of 13 points ( plus handicap ) in a match which saw the home team 's men that little bit stronger than the visitors .
11 I always enjoyed the spontaneous bursting into song of the crowd at Cardiff Arms Park , reflecting joy , satisfaction or encouragement for the home team 's performance .
12 In their first game against PARSS , Partners were unable to control the home team 's floating services which dipped unpredictably and lost the match 3–0 .
13 As Sampras , who had suddenly found the steel and resilience that he could have done with in his match with Leconte 48 hours earlier , or even in the early stages of the third set against Forget , produced the lob to the baseline which made it 15–40 from the home team 's point of view , Noah sunk back into his seat in disbelief .
14 The fact that the Australian batting rarely fired on all cylinders either during the series merely served to show-up the large gulf between the two sides , with the home team 's 4–0 triumph not flattering them unduly , although India were unlucky not to win at Sydney , and might have won at Adelaide too had their fielding not let them down .
15 My lips quivered as I entered the small , plastic roadsweeper 's hut which now acted as the home team 's changing room .
16 Ian Jackson returns to the home team 's attack and will open the bowling with off spinner Clyde Butts .
17 Indeed , it required two outstanding saves by Woods from Kane and Grant before the interval to forestall the home team 's collapse .
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