Sentences with phrase «about a dozen times before»

I have to say that I intended to put this game down about a dozen times before I was able to; anybody who is a sucker for a good strategy title might just face the same fate.

Not exact matches

And I don't know how Wendy does, but when I read these children's stories that I've read a dozen times before, I find that even as I'm reading, my mind is off thinking about something else.

The King of the Wire puts his faith in the King of Kings.Just before Nik Wallenda steps onto the wire tonight in an attempt to become the first person to walk a tightrope across the mouth of the Horseshoe Falls, he'll form a circle with a dozen close friends and members of his close - knit Christian family and they'll say a prayer to Jesus Christ.The cross Wallenda wears around his neck every time he walks on a wire isn't just a fashion statement, it's a message about the religious beliefs the American performer holds close to his heart.

Some facts before going further: Before all this happened, he had run for office about a dozen times, losing more often than hbefore going further: Before all this happened, he had run for office about a dozen times, losing more often than hBefore all this happened, he had run for office about a dozen times, losing more often than he won.

Before stapling came into common use about a dozen years ago, this part of the procedure had to be done by hand, and it would have taken at least three times as long.

, try one of his light and nutritious evening snack ideas about an hour before bed Roasted Sweet Potatoes Chef roasts a dozen small sweet potatoes at a time in the oven, and then keeps them in the fridge for a quick grab - and - go snack.

But this desultory, slapdash, poorly directed straight - to - video flick about an amnesiac, double - crossed killing machine takes ideas and scenes we've seen dozens of times before, and then executes them lazily and poorly.

Coming on the heels of last year's Hill Of Freedom — one of Hong's best films, and his funniest — Right Now may feel like a retreat, but the fact is that the director is still better than just about anyone at drawing out the complex subtleties of a missed connection, and having done it a dozen times before seems to have only made him better at it.

Just days before the Oscars, the «Wrinkle in Time» director and a handful of other Time's Up members — Shonda Rhimes, Laura Dern, Tessa Thompson, Bad Robot co-CEO Katie McGrath and attorney Tina Tchen — met with about a dozen members of the media on Thursday to discuss what the group has accomplished in its first 60 days.

With passive dividend income comes more options, and while I've said it before at least a dozen times, I'll say it again because it's so true: Options is what this game is all about.

Curated by Noguchi Museum Senior Curator Dakin Hart, Self - Interned, 1942 brings together about two dozen works from the Museum's collection, dating from before, during, and after Noguchi's time at Poston, along with a substantial selection of archival documents.

Self - Interned, 1942 brings together about two dozen works from the Museum's collection, dating from before, during, and after Noguchi's time at Poston, along with a substantial selection of archival documents.

Until a dozen years ago, everyone lived in blissful ignorance about the severe climate flips that happen quickly, with just a few short years before hard times set in with a vengeance.

He has given over 800 public talks about climate change, testified over a dozen times before committees of the US Congress and the legislatures of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and has given hundreds of media interviews, appearing in Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Fox News, National Public Radio, Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and many times before committees of the US Congress and the legislatures of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and has given hundreds of media interviews, appearing in Time, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Fox News, National Public Radio, Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and many Times, New York Times, Fox News, National Public Radio, Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and many Times, Fox News, National Public Radio, Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, and many Times, Seattle Magazine, and many more.

Mike Frisch at the Legal Profession Blog posts about this rather pathetic story of a candidate for admission to the D.C. Bar who flunked the exam a dozen times before passing (he'd also failed the Virginia exam six times)..

On the bright side, this'll probably help you become a better sleeper, too, if you can learn to quiet your mind instead of going about a dozen different things right before it's time for bed.

This can be useful for regular users as well as power users, as it's easier to spy the verified icon (or lack thereof) on an account avatar far easier than checking past a potentially long name and handle for one before RTing a fake account, as I have done about half a dozen times.

After closing about half a dozen deals in his first year, Hamilton took on a part - time job at a bar, where he worked for several years before returning to the real estate industry on a full - time basis last year.