Sentences with phrase «against a wall at»

Soccer, at least NASL soccer, has its back so hard against the wall at present that the bricks appear to be crumbling.

Place your hands against the wall at shoulder level.

Sit up against a wall at a 90 degree angle for as long as you can stand, or in 30 second increments.

She thought of Cory leaning against a wall at a party right this minute, laughing at something.

Available in a variety of sizes, this scratching post can be leaned against a wall at any angle and used on any floor surface, be it carpet, vinyl or hardwood.

Both Naughty Dog and Naughty Dog's fans were banging their heads against the wall at this point.

Occupy Wall Street, Redux (2011), silent video for projection against the wall at the drinks bar at Canada Gallery, New York

In another new wall piece, a found headshot from the 1970s of the actor Lawrence Hilton - Jacobs, elaborately costumed and confronting the camera, is sliced into four panels that literally deconstruct the image and, placed against a wall at an angle, border on sculptural installation.

And his new exhibition The Shore) and Marlene Dumas (see more in this Marlene Dumas Against the Wall At David Zwirner video).

Mops made of silicone molds of cow's tongues lean against the walls at various corners of the installation (Floor Licker, 2014) furthering speculation that some sort of punishment for crimes has taken place here, much like the cutting out of tongues in ancient times.

Press the frame against the wall at the height you want it to hang — a splodge will be left on the wall in the exact spot where the hook should go.

I'm going to try to avoid placing the fridge against a wall at our new house.

Not exact matches

With your back against a wall, lower yourself so your upper legs are parallel with the floor and your knees are bent at a 90 - degree angle.

«Clearly, the C.F.T.C. has taken a strong stance against Wall Street after the financial crisis, but in a broader context we do worry that the revolving door can make enforcement officials more sympathetic to the companies they oversee,» said Michael Smallberg, an investigator at Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group.

«Survivalism,» or preparing for societal collapse, has become serious business among some of America's super rich, as illustrated by a recent article from The New Yorker which takes a look at the great lengths to which some of the richest from Wall Street to Silicon Valley have gone to protect themselves against cataclysmic civil unrest.

She regularly hurt herself by banging her head against her cell wall or cutting at her wrists with broken light fixtures.

Christina Rexrode and Joann S. Lublin at The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Trillium Asset Management had voted against the proposal and that Korea Investment Corp., South Korea's sovereign - wealth fund, planned to vote against it.

Recently, the Twitter customer service account at Bank of America received bad press for confusing an Occupy Wall Street activist, who was protesting against the bank, as a customer in need of help.

As such, many traders bang their heads against the wall in weak markets because they are buying the best chart patterns, but at the wrong time.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

I take one example here — A person working at Wall Street runs a big risk if he takes a bet against the market and loses money.

Mornings in Bodley, drowsing among the worn browns and tarnished gilding of Duke Humphrey, snuffing the faint, musty odor of slowly perishing leather...; long afternoons, taking an outrigger up the Cher, feeling the rough kiss of the sculls on unaccustomed palms, listening to the rhythmical and satisfying kerklunk of the rowlocks, watching the play of muscles on the Bursar's sturdy shoulders at stroke, as the sharp spring wind flattened the thin silk shirt against them; or, if the day were warmer, flicking swiftly in a canoe under Magdalen walls and so by the twisting race at King's Mill by Mesopotamia to Parson's Pleasure; then back, with mind relaxed and body stretched and vigorous, to make toast by the fire.

At first Dietrich stood in silence against the wall while the boys chanted.

There's a fair bit of pissing against the wall (at least in older translations, even before Evangelicals thought it was only a crude euphemism).

That number one evolutionary rule of survival is «When Death is at your doorstep and has chained you to the walls without seeing the light of Creation or that which can be created then the human must fight against Death and invent new ways of defeating Death and his minions.»

The Wall Street Journal inveighed against it as educational inanity: if not exactly corrupting the youth, then at least leading them astray and squandering their tuition....

The 40 - something leaned against the wall, then stood straight, looked at the group and spoke the words:

42 - Pechanga Comedy Club Top - name touring, funny men and women appear against a classic wall of bricks, under the stage lights at the popular 300 - seat club.

A «retro - lit» blue glass sign and reception desk — a nod to the company's ubiquitous use of blue glass — set against floor - to - ceiling white marble walls, signal arrival at the elegant eatery.

The woman at the counter sent them to the end of the alley, to a lane against the wall.

«It was my first Duck game at Autzen Stadium my freshman year, which meant it was the first time I walked the footbridge from campus to the stadium and the first time I experienced the wall of Autzen sound when Joey Harrington led a comeback win against the Trojans late in the fourth to seal a win, ultimately leading me down my personal and professional college football path.»

A few years ago I crashed against the unpadded wall at Fenway Park, and the next thing I knew, I was on the ground and my body was all shook up.

Minutes after squandering a good headed chance at the back post, Zlatan smashed a free - kick against Mikel in the Chelsea wall and beyond Courtois to make it 1 - 0.

EARTH TO GUS Redskins quarterback Gus Frerotte was lost for the final three periods after head - butting a wall at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium while celebrating his touchdown run in a game against the Giants that ended in a 7 - 7 tie.

He plays at his best when his backs against the wall or against big teams.

At least im not calling for everyone who disagrees with me to be put up against the wall... like some commenters on here.

If he struggles against the wall of players ahead of him, the Blues could be left waiting for a moment of sheer Costa brilliance, as they did at the weekend against West Brom.

Maybe he's not the right player but we don't know that yet, when back is against the wall he will be used to that more so than our guys and maybe he can teach some of what he learned to at least one of Chambers Holding Bielik.

Wall has been out since Nov. 25 due to a sore left knee, but is expected to return Wednesday night at home against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Then, in his first at bat against the Boston Red Sox, his principal antagonists, he whistled a vicious 408 - foot line drive off the centerfield wall with a swing he estimates required «50 - to 60 - percent» effort.

John Wall averaged 27.0 points per game against the Sixers last season, scoring at least 25 points in all three contests.

At 6 - foot - 4 and 195 pounds, Wall never really stood much of a chance against James, who is listed at 6 - 8, 250, especially in the low posAt 6 - foot - 4 and 195 pounds, Wall never really stood much of a chance against James, who is listed at 6 - 8, 250, especially in the low posat 6 - 8, 250, especially in the low post.

True wenger messed it up, that i can't argue with you, just how it was done is where we differ, as you think sanogo should have come off when we were a man short, i on the other hand think ozil should have been that player, why, cause defensively, he is our weakest link, and at 10 against 11 you already know your back is against the wall, so defence becomes a priority.

I was discussing with my Gooner cousin after last season and he mentioned that had it been Chelsea who only needed a DRAW at home against Liverpool that Mourhino would have set up a wall at the back and get his draw.

Perez collided with team - mate Esteban Ocon at Spa on Sunday after twice squeezing his Force India team - mate against the wall on the run to Eau Rouge.

Lee Dixon reminded people at the opening night of 1989 the movie that in his first North London derby Tony Adams pinned him up against the wall by his throat and let him know in no uncertain terms that «we can not lose this».

My substitutes are a coke at about 10 am and just banging my head against the wall in the evening.

Otherwise, your efforts at creating healthier habits will always feel like you're pushing against a wall, and your child will grow more and more frustrated.

What I really like is that the skin is not rubbed against the cone inner wall hence pumping is not at all painful.

maybe we are not normal in that regards but if it is sitting on the grass or against a wall on a couch or at a table or just walking it has never mattered to us.