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Tame shots and easy saves were the routine for most of the remainder of the first period – Friedel from Young, De Gea first from a rare right-footed effort from Gareth Bale and then from Van der Vaart's half-hit drive from distance.

Tottenham's Brad Friedel is left naked but outshines David de Gea | Richard Williams 2011

The reader must carefully and reverently distinguish these comprehensive words, which gather two or more perfectly understood meanings into one _chord_ of meaning, and are harmonies more than words, from the above-noted blunders between two half-hit meanings, struck as a bad piano-player strikes the edge of another note.

On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859

The reader must carefully and reverently distinguish these comprehensive words, which gather two or more perfectly understood meanings into one _chord_ of meaning, and are harmonies more than words, from the above-noted blunders between two half-hit meanings, struck as a bad piano-player strikes the edge of another note.

The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859

For Barton, the hatred expressed towards him is a "pantomime" he thrives on and it worked in his favour from the moment his half-hit shot from close range went in, signalling his first goal for his new club.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Chelsea were inches away from a second goal shortly after the interval when Cole's perfectly weighted pass played in Paulo Ferreira, but the defender was indecisive in an attacking position and his half-hit effort rolled inches wide.

BBC - Ouch 2010

The Gunners needed to make an early impact after the break, but it was Chelsea who almost extended their lead when Drogba's cross found Malouda, whose half-hit shot was turned towards goal by Lampard, but Almunia was alive to the danger.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

Elano took the ball off Davies and slipped a pass through but Ireland's half-hit shot was cleared.

Daily Express News Feeds 2009

Here's what Jones wrote about the 15th: "The risk of half-hit effort fetching up in the pond will keep any competitor on edge."

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Chris Gayle, who delayed his arrival in England for the West Indies tour to play in the match, fared slightly better with a fluent run-a-ball 17 but he will be disappointed with the half-hit drive which accounted for him.

Cricket365 2009

Chris Gayle, who delayed his arrival in England for the West Indies tour to play in the match, fared slightly better with a fluent run-a-ball 17 but he will be disappointed with the half-hit drive which accounted for him.

Cricket365 2009