Example sentences of "his opponent 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Speelman seemed to be getting the better of it , Timman suddenly sacrificed two pieces to expose his opponent 's king . |
| 2 | Timman advanced , creating problems for Speelman with a pawn thrust deep into his opponent 's position , splitting Black 's forces . |
| 3 | Hall kept him moving and gradually drew the sting from his opponent 's game . |
| 4 | Baddeley is now 28 , four years older than his rival , and Hall kept him moving until he drew the sting from his opponent 's game . |
| 5 | Thus , at the formal level of the debate , on method , Bukharin roundly trounced Preobrazhensky and exposed his opponent 's confused methodological analysis . |
| 6 | He was beaten by an innings , scoring only 3 and 31 to his opponent 's 75 , but in 1833 , when Yorkshire played their first county match against Norfolk , he met Bradbury again and ‘ exhibited such ability with the bat that he almost ran his opponent off his legs . ’ |
| 7 | Apparently David Sole uses his free arm to pull his opponent 's legs from under him , thereby causing the scrum to collapse and invariably gaining a penalty . |
| 8 | The prosecution alleges that Blissett ‘ cynically and deliberately ’ thrust his elbow into his opponent 's face during a mid-air duel for the ball . |
| 9 | Whenever he played , the last end was marked by a rueful smile , either at his own or , more often , his opponent 's bad luck . |
| 10 | He dummied and immediately pointed out to the referee his opponent 's falter ( whether he actually stepped off-side or not ! ) . |
| 11 | The President may be watching to see how long Mr Buchanan remains a contender , delaying as long as is necessary making an appointment that could fuel his opponent 's campaign . |
| 12 | He felt like a boxer who had been pummelled mercilessly against the ropes , on the verge of defeat , only to see his opponent 's corner throw in the towel . |
| 13 | The writer who seeks to control or dictate the responses of his reader outside the boundaries of the text itself , is comparable to a card-player who gets up periodically from his place , goes round the table to look at his opponent 's hand , and advises him what cards to lay . |
| 14 | His opponent jumps back and tries to fend off the blows with his own sabre but he 's off-balance and William presses forward , swinging the sabre in a hacking , sweeping motion , whacking the edge of the heavy curved blade into the side of his opponent 's torso . |
| 15 | It was a while since he had used his fists in the fairground boxing-booths or in the army regimental championships , and a thrill of excitement surged through him — but his opponent 's reactions were sluggish , and his lumbering attempts at counter-blows had no weight behind them . |
| 16 | What was worse , he could not be sure of his opponent 's moves or what their outcome might be . |
| 17 | He slammed the straight edge into his opponent 's face , taking him between top lip and nostrils . |
| 18 | He slashed at his opponent 's head , wearing him down . |
| 19 | With an explosion of breath Rostov straightened his forearms , attempting to gain the momentary advantage which would permit him to disengage and then to cut at his opponent 's unguarded left . |
| 20 | Yuan seemed to turn his opponent 's mightiest cut aside at only the very last moment . |
| 21 | He debated frequently with Charles Bradlaugh [ q.v. ] , and conceived a great admiration for his opponent 's integrity , then promptly made matters worse by advocating the repeal of the blasphemy laws . |
| 22 | He spent £12,000 on the election ( to his opponent 's £20,000 ) , and thereafter devoted , on his own admission , 20 per cent of his annual expenditure to politics . |
| 23 | The game was nearly over , and as usual Fred was winning , despite his opponent 's longer reach . |
| 24 | This exercise heightens the sensitivity in a student 's hands and arms to the point where he can anticipate his opponent 's intentions purely by feel . |
| 25 | The kung fu practitioner uses his opponent 's strength to aid him in this task . |
| 26 | The students spar lightly , each trying to score a point by striking to a certain area of the body , employing everything he knows in his kung fu arsenal to overcome his opponent 's defence and attack procedures . |
| 27 | A little man , faced with a much larger adversary , can compensate for his opponent 's longer arm reach by using his legs as defensive weapons . |
| 28 | It is not unusual to see a karate expert execute a roundhouse kick to his opponent 's head . |
| 29 | The new fighter will move around the area looking for openings in his opponent 's defence . |
| 30 | The defender 's body , now side-on , is able to evade the attacker 's front kick and strike home with his own front kick to his opponent 's exposed groin . |