Sentences with phrase «false dawns before»

He is now 27 years old, and although there have been false dawns before, it feels as if his time is now: This was the performance of a leader who surely belongs on a more exalted stage.

Winning at WHL will be mental reinforcement after the City game, it will say that City performance was not a «one - off», we have had too many false dawns before.

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«We've been looking for these things before and seen false dawns but there is a little more confidence this time around.»

Of course, we've had a fair few false dawns from Premier League sides in Europe before (hello, Arsenal), but it's always exciting to see progress from English sides on the European stage, particularly after a dire few years in the competition.

Matic actually launched his professional career not in his native Serbia but in the unfashionable football territory of Slovakia with Kosice, before a two - week trial at Middlesbrough, a false dawn at Chelsea and a loan spell in Holland with Vitesse Arnhem, before finally making his mark at Benfica.

I think everyone hopes, nay, wants this car to be terrific, but I feel there have been so many false dawns that the dust needs to settle and will await some less excitable, road based tests of the broader range before declaring complete affection and satisfaction for and with the new Giulia.