Sentences with phrase «handedly kept at bay»

Wolves dominated the opening stages and were almost single - handedly kept at bay by Hornets» goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes.

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He won two European Cups during his spell at the City Ground and was voted Man of the Match in the second of these when he single handedly kept Kevin Keegan's SV Hamburg at bay in 1980.

McGrath, at the age of 34, with knees of someone 10 years older than that, nearly single - handedly kept the Italians at bay.

tracks a day in the life of Capitol Pictures producer / fixer Edward Mannix (Josh Brolin) as he single handedly tries to keep the massive studio from careening off the rails, whether that amounts to replacing the lead actor of a particularly particular director (Ralph Fiennes), covering up the single motherhood of one of his young starlets (Scarlett Johansson), keeping at bay a set of twin sister reporters (Tilda Swinton and Tilda Swinton) obsessed with digging up dirt to sell their rags, or, perhaps most significantly, solving the mysterious disappearance of the superstar lead actor (George Clooney) of their biggest picture of the year (the eponymous epic