(1) Once he'd got through security his assurance returned and a triumphant Ed strode magnificently into the lobby.
(2) There was scant sign of tension from the manager as he strode to his seat or in the opening move put together by his team, though this would prove the falsest of dawns.
(3) A stark figure strode across its windswept hilltop, his black frock coat flapping in the breeze as he descended a winding cliff-side staircase, incongruous against the bleak backdrop.
(4) Mancienne strode into midfield and knocked t he ball to Milner, who took it forward and thwacked a fine effort inches over the bar.
(5) While contact was made, Mourinho was incensed on the bench and strode down the touchline to berate the visiting striker as he complained to the officials.
(6) After more slapdash Liverpool defending and with Martin Skrtel backing off, Adam strode through to drive low into the corner before Steve N’Zonzi bent a magnificent shot past Mignolet from outside the area.
(7) Darlington College and Strode College ranked worst of the colleges for student satisfaction.
(8) Ever since Bergoglio – the first Latin American pope, the first Jesuit pope and the first to take the name Francis – after St Francis of Assisi – strode out on to the balcony of St Peter's on 13 March to joke that cardinals had been forced to cast their nets to "the end of the Earth" to find a new pontiff , the church has been reinvigorated, reinterpreted and, some would say, purged of a little of the poison of the recent past.
(9) He strode through the streets of London like a mangey lion.
(10) As Rivelino's shot raged through, Moore killed it as coolly as he would have taken a lobbed tennis ball and strode upfield.
(11) One Thursday evening in October 2015, David Cameron strode into a Buckinghamshire pub with another of the world’s most powerful men to toast the beginning of a golden era of relations between the UK and China.
(12) Within an hour of Labour's victory in Corby, which has been held by every governing party for 30 years, Miliband strode into a picturesque village to declare that Middle England is abandoning the Tories.
(13) We are here to work and that’s what we’ve got to do.” The following afternoon the midfielder strode out on to the pitch of Xinjiang’s 40,000-seater stadium for his home debut, a potentially thorny tie against Shanghai Shenxin FC whose team sheet also boasted a Brazilian – a pacy 21-year-old from the gritty suburbs of Rio called Biro-Biro or, to Chinese fans, Biluo Biluo.
(14) The tallest and most articulate of the 11 contestants by some way, she strode down the runway to the same fervent cheering that each guest enjoyed.
(15) His co-accused gave a polite round of applause as he strode defiantly into the defendants' cage, flashing a four-fingered salute known as the Rabaa sign that has become a calling card for Morsi supporters.
(16) Tim Howard spared the young defender with a vital challenge that doubled as an excellent pass to Baines, who strode forward before piercing the Arsenal defence with a superb pass into Lukaku.
(17) When it came back to him from Rooney the teenager strode forward with nobody apparently too fussed about catching him, drew back his foot and let fly from over 25 yards.
(18) Beckerman remained indefatigable throughout (though I could forgive him for never wanting to see this particular Guardian writer again …) – at the end of that penalty shootout he immediately turned without pause for a moment of self-pity, as he strode to applaud the traveling RSL fans shivering in sub-zero temperatures.
(19) Harris was better, and everyone loved him for the game way he strode out on stage in his underpants, in homage to the famous moment in that year’s hit Birdman.
(20) Already local councils, many of them with strong Liberal Democrat membership, have strode ahead of Whitehall in slimming their spending in anticipation of cuts.