On landing, they soon find themselves pinned down by a vast force of enemy troops.
He said the guerrillas were pinned down for the moment but there would be no retreat.
By the time they get them all parsed and pinned down, the numbers are often wrong.
Some were rich for a while but we only now have pinned down their figures.
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Like the people it celebrates, the Walserweg seems reluctant to be pinned down and regulated.
We wrote about the Changs back in 2009 when we first pinned down their net worth.
Over the radio, they heard comrades who were pinned down in a Humvee.
And soon, the patrol was pinned down, taking ferocious fire from three sides.
And those were the voices Leslie Sabo heard that day: his comrades -- pinned down, at risk of being overrun.
One wounded man managed to escape but the others were pinned down until the armoured car could be sent in.
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Alan Levers, from the Honicknowle area of Plymouth, was pinned down by the four customers before police arrived at the bookmakers.
Now neuroscientists think they may have pinned down the source of out-of-body experiences, phenomena that have long confounded scientists and delighted occultists.
She refused to be pinned down about Social Security or Iran, and she gave confusing answers about whether she supported driver's licenses for illegal immigrants.
Detectives are given a profile of where a weapon has previously been used, so criminals and gun-running networks can be pinned down.
They were pinned down, and two wounded Americans still lay up ahead.
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Within seconds, Rob and his patrol were pinned down, with almost no cover -- bullets and rocket-propelled grenades raining down from every direction.
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Swansea trailed for most of the match and were pinned down on their own line, but a turnover saw them clear to halfway.
Mr Levers was pinned down by four customers before police arrived.
"We were pinned down for about 15 minutes, " said Lance Cpl.
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He adds a caveat that live events are clearly social at a much larger scale but, then again, Twitter has that market pinned down right now.
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During Tuesday's testimony, the two men refused to be pinned down on when the situation in Iraq might allow for an end to the U.S. military commitment there.
The fights are fierce but brief: the referee will step in and stop the bout quickly when a combatant is pinned down and taking blow after blow to the head.
Pinned down by the onslaught, King said the troops called in "close air support" from a B-52 bomber on regular patrol over Afghanistan, which dropped seven large bombs, ending the confrontation.
As a result, Hill Republicans may want to keep the president pinned down on fiscal issues for as long as possible, forcing those other matters to at least share the stage.
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The new revelations about the battle that engulfed Forward Operating Base Keating in Kamdesh District are a further indication of how pinned down and outmanned the troops were at the remote outpost.
Branding has always been key for a business to survive and thrive, and The New Record has pinned down one that could both hamper its ability to grow and make it unique.
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