Sentences with phrase «as a chauffeur in»

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Pay the mortgage on a $ 10m mansion as well as a $ 5m summer place in the Hamptons, put four kids through Ivy League colleges, fly first class anywhere you'd like, make half a dozen angel investments at $ 250K each, eat out every night at three star restaurants, vacation on the Riviera, and have a full - time cook, butler, nanny and chauffeur.

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In the end, Sukhanov may no longer have his chauffeured limousine, but he may have found not only his soul but God as well.

The author should also have touched on the religious leaders who use the church as their personal stepping stone to greater wealth, telling us the poor shall inherit the earth while they're being chauffeured around in their limos, driven to their multi-million dollar mansions or to their private million dollar jets.

Meanwhile, Tom Kite, the more statesmanlike U.S. captain, was hammered for acting as Michael Jordan's chauffeur, and in a pokier buggy.

Patterson bought clothing, authorities said, while Hudson was accused of using the credit card on shopping trips in which she used employees as chauffeurs.

But instead of continuing to serve as the primary guardians of our children at play - hanging out a city window to check on our kids» play in the street below, or looking into the backyard to monitor a group of ten - year old kids playing touch football - today's mothers are usually found sitting in the stands, working behind the concession counter selling snacks and raffle tickets, working as team administrators, or chauffeuring their kids to and from practice and games.

I think parents overestimate certain risks, such as the idea of this subway trip, and underestimate others, such as the idea that your kids are safer being constantly chauffeured around in your car, when vehicular accidents are the leading cause of child death!

It's a tragic fact that, today in America, a woman can make a comfortable living and have a satisfying career as a chef, teacher, daycare provider, chauffeur or nurse, among many other things, but when performing any of these services as the mother of her own children, many people believe she is wasting her time.

Hevesi resigned in 2006 in the wake of allegations that he used a state employee to act as chauffeur for his wife.

Recognised as having a keen mind, he is better known for his character, humility, pastoral skill, and his simplicit - living in a basic apartment rather than an archepiscopal palace, travelling by public transport rather than chauffeured car and cooking for himself rather than employing domestic servants.

In that case, he acknowledged that he had concealed using a state employee as a chauffeur and servant for his wife.

He is regularly chauffeured in an SUV from the official mayoral residence to Park Slope so he can work out at the YMCA there, a detour critics have derided as a waste of time.

Other convicted felons who receive fat pensions include former state Controller Alan Hevesi, who pleaded guilty in 2006 using state workers as his wife's chauffeur, and ex-Brooklyn Assemblyman and Democratic leader Clarence Norman, who was convicted in 2007 of selling judgeships.

He threw a jab at union leaders though, describing them as «driven around in chauffeured limousines.»

In 1994, after Kelly served as police commissioner for 18 months under Mayor David Dinkins, he kept one detective to chauffeur and escort him around town.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

DiNapoli, a former assemblyman from Long Island, was appointed comptroller in 2007 after his predecessor, Alan Hevesi, pleaded guilty to using state workers as chauffeurs for his wife.

Yale thought so highly of her that — unlike most immigrants — her first view of this country was through a limousine window as she was chauffeured from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

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Complete with a Xanadu - style dance routine, Pam Grier as Pluto's mother indulging in tired blaxploitation moves and rent - a-cameo John Cleese as a virtual reality chauffeur, this is a flop of epic proportions.

As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder.

As karmic balance for running over Melissa McCarthy with a car in «Tammy,» director Ben Falcone starts «Life of the Party» chauffeuring his comedian wife in an Uber.

Starring: Colin Firth as King George VI, Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue, Helena Bonham Carter as Queen Elizabeth, Guy Pearce as King Edward VIII, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Michael Gambon as King George V, Jennifer Ehle as Myrtle Logue, Derek Jacobi as Archbishop Cosmo Lang, Freya Wilson as Princess Elizabeth, Ramona Marquez as Princess Margaret, Richard Dixon as Private Secretary, Robert Portal as Equerry, Eve Best as Wallis Simpson, Paul Trussell as Chauffeur, Adrian Scarborough as BBC Radio Announcer, Andrew Havill as Robert Wood, Charles Armstrong as BBC Technician, Roger Hammond as Dr. Blandine Bentham, Calum Gittins as Laurie Logue, Dominic Applewhite as Valentine Logue, Ben Wimsett as Anthony Logue, David Bamber as Theatre Director, Jake Hathaway as Willie, Michael Gambon as King George V, Guy Pearce as King Edward VIII, Patrick Ryecart as Lord Wigram, Teresa Gallagher as Nurse, Simon Chandler as Lord Dawson, Claire Bloom as Queen Mary, Orlando Wells as Duke of Kent, Tim Downie as Duke of Gloucester, Dick Ward as Butler, John Albasiny as Footman, Timothy Spall as Winston Churchill, Danny Emes as Boy in Regent's Park, Anthony Andrews as Stanley Baldwin, John Warnaby as Steward, Roger Parrott as Neville Chamberlain

But she comes to be won over by his generous spirit and his chivalrous streak, as he assumes the position of her chauffeur, knows the quickest routes, and values in - person communication and acknowledging others.

The gags crafted to showcase the hedonism and abandon of Arthur are not funny (dressing himself as Batman and his chauffeur as Robin, then tearing up Manhattan's streets in his own Batmobile, or handing out cash from an ATM to strangers and declaring the recession over.

In 1988, after amicably splitting with Brown, Zanuck and his wife, Lili Fini Zanuck, formed The Zanuck Company and produced as their first film Driving Miss Daisy, based on Alfred Uhry's one - act play about the relationship between a strong - willed Southern widow and her black chauffeur.

As a suave, street - smart criminal defense attorney practicing in Beverly Hills, Mickey Haller (McConaughey) is chauffeured around town in style inside his vintage Lincoln Town Car.

Things kick off as Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) arrives in Los Angeles and is collected by chauffeur Jerome (Robert Pattinson), who is also of course an aspiring screenwriter and actor.

The film will follow a young Marshall as he travels to Connecticut in the 1940s to defend a black chauffeur accused of sexual assault and attempted murder by his white employer.

But she comes to be won over by his generous spirit and his chivalrous streak, as he assumes the position of her chauffeur, knows the quickest routes, and demonstrates the value of in - person communication and acknowledging others.

Trouble is, Jimmy's son Mike (Joel Kinnaman), who makes an honest living as a chauffeur with a limo company, just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Transporter 3 (PG - 13 for violence, intense action, sexuality and drug use) High - octane adventure with Jason Statham returning as the gruff, two - fisted chauffeur for a mission where he falls in love with the kidnapped daughter (Natalya Rudakova) of a powerful Ukrainian politician (Jeroen Krabbe) while driving her from Marseilles to Odessa through a gauntlet of mob goons.

When a parent picks up a kid from school and chauffeurs that child to one activity and then on to another activity, with the kid eating a sandwich in the car on the way from one activity to the next, the unintended message is that family time at home — taking the time to have a meal at home as a family — is the lowest priority.

The smooth, quiet engine is all British, a 4.6 - liter F - head straight six that Rolls and Bentley launched just after World War II in their badge - engineered, «owner - driver» (as opposed to chauffeur - driven) models, the Mark VI and the Silver Dawn.

Because the S - class is essentially a chauffeur - driven car in the all - important Chinese market, Mercedes designed the new luxury sedan first as a long - wheelbase model (W222) and then worked on the short - wheelbase (V222) variant.

Winds of Change — Long - term Tatra owner Delwyn Mallett surveys the pioneering use of wind tunnels in automotive body design, focussing on the influential work of Hungarian aerodynamicist Paul Jaray / The very first Jaguars — Celebrating 80 years since the first use of the Jaguar name, Paul Skilleter looks at William Lyons's initial forays into mass production and explains what these early cars are like to live with / Vintage Revival Montlhéry 2015 — David Burgess-Wise reports from the historic banked circuit south of Paris and from the hundreds of rare pre-1940 cars and motorcycles entered selects his personal highlights / «Home, Allaston» — Mike Allaston's family photograph albums detail the careers of his father and grandfather as professional chauffeurs.

/ Behind the rostrum — Peter Wallage visits a major auction house / VSCC Pomeroy Trophy — The weather was kind to the early in the year event — according to Tom Threlfall / Chauffeur bus driver taxi driver — Dennis Harrison relates his father's experiences as a working taxi driver in Australia / Austin Sixteen — sweet sixteen?

Once the Ghost was launched in 2010, the image of Rolls - Royce as a chauffeur - driven dilettante's car was blown to smithereens.

The Jaguar spent plenty of time chauffeuring us to local events in style, such as a night out on the town with associate web editor Jake Holmes.

I drove this vehicle to lunch with a couple of coworkers, and for once the discussion was who would get to sit in the back seat; I offered to serve as chauffeur so they could both sit back there.

Born on this day in 1947, Röhrl grew up as a ski instructor and chauffeur, but at age 21 he tried his first rally.

Unlike with previous generations, Mercedes focused primarily on the development of the longer model as many customers in the fast - growing Asian markets prefer to be chauffeured.

The car has roughly the same dimensions as the MKS but more interior space, particularly in the rear to compete with long - wheelbase luxury sedans preferred by chauffeured Chinese buyers.

Even though the Q50 may be regarded as a personal luxury commuter for one person in most markets, we suspect that most Q50s (in either wheelbase variation) will be chauffeur - driven in China.

As most long - wheelbase Range Rovers will be chauffeured, we'd imagine that this box will be ticked in a good percentage of long - wheelbase orders.

It's not exactly a car you would be chauffeured around in, as it's more about performance and fun than luxury, but there's enough of the latter to make it a good place to spend time in — even if you aren't at the helm.

Clearly, Volvo see the XC90 as real competition in the world of chauffeur driven cars for the stuff we're more used to seeing ferrying around the wealthier — like the Mercedes S - Class and Range Rover — and the masses of space rear - seat passengers have thanks to the four - seat configuration, and the range of luxury baubles Volvo has added, make it hard to argue it's not.

Contrary to what was then the trend in luxury automobiles, the new Sixty Special was intended as an owner - driven car, rather than a chauffeur - driven one.

This distinction is important; those who were looking forward to folding a leg over one knee and opening up the Financial Times as their chauffeur shuttled them to work in the financial district will be disappointed; the 4 Door Hardtop is not a modern reinterpration of the Austin Maxi or a stretched personal luxury limousine.