1.   The dogs were leaping and growling at the full stretch of their chains.

2.   Everyone would be working at full stretch.

3.   Jim Magilton, who has our vote as man of the match, had the champions at full stretch.

4.   Fire crews have been at full stretch dealing with flooded houses mainly in the Cotswolds.

5.   The bunting was strewn, the green shoots already recovering the banks, nerves were at full stretch preparing for the balloon to go up.

6.   He got on the end of a Gorman cross from the right but the Dinamo keeper, at full stretch, managed to keep his header out.

7.   Last night, emergency services were still at full stretch and a full picture of the disaster had not yet emerged.

8.   At the wheel was a short figure, arms at full stretch.

9.   A summer plan for negotiations and news conferences turned into a long, anxious stretch full of wondering and hoping.

10.   Hill stuck his glove out on a full stretch but the ball bounced off the tip of his webbing.