Sentences with phrase «asked something along the lines of»

In these conversations, I'm often asked something along the lines of, «But does pay - per - click advertising really work?»

We're down one big family get - together with a few more to go for 2012, and I'm guessing many 20 - and 30 - somethings were asked something along the lines of this: «So, are you still single?»

As a result, many toddlers follow their parents into the kitchen every chance thy get asking something along the lines of, «Mommy, can I have some juice,» for possibly the hundredth time that day.

Now, I EASILY get 3 - 4 emails and / or messages a week (probably more) from friends and readers who ask me something along the lines of, «I want to start a blog!

I've now had the experience several times in the past few months of having one or another friend of long standing ask me something along the lines of, «What the hell?»

: When it was time for Q&A, I raised my hand immediately and asked something along the lines of how being a young freshman would affect internship opportunities.

When I was interviewing for an internship in graduate school, I remember being asked something along the lines of «What's one of the most difficult scenarios or challenges you've dealt with to date?»

From time to time, staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are asked something along the lines of the following question:

So, for example, if you're asked something along the lines of «What would you do if you made a mistake?»

Not exact matches

It's useful to do some more framing before launching into questions (something along the lines of, «I'm going to ask you a few questions so that I can try and help you find what you're most interested in, if that's alright?»).

Ask your best friend something along the lines of: «Hey, I have an interview coming up with xx firm and I know your dad is in the biz.

For this one your say something along the lines of: «I'm not qualified to do what you're asking, but here's something else.»

Now, I've asked this question of myself, and I think that if an angel were to appear to me and say something along these lines to me, I think I would get puffed up with pride.

Something along the lines of the Episcopal church statement that h0m o s3xuality is «divinely ordered» I specifically asked that arguments not be «ad negetiva», that is making your case based on attacking and ridiculing your opposition at the cost of positively stating your own argument.

I usually clutch my chest in mock horror and say something along the lines of, «I can not believe you would ask me to choose a favorite child!»

To all of these responses I will say something along the lines of explaining what is in the meal and asking them to pitch in with part of the cooking process (which they LOVE), and then on days where that doesn't work.

I asked the author about this and she swept it aside with something along the lines of: since there was no trend towards improvement, everybody has just decided not to study the issue any more and let all big babies get as big as they want to get because ultrasound is worthless.

When I asked her to elaborate, she said something along the lines of «because by 5 they're able to be reasoned with.»

«A coworker once said something along the lines of, «I think if you breastfeed a baby past them being able to ask for it, it's basically abuse.»

Skelos said passing a pension overhaul needed to happen whether it was an election year or not, though my question was more along the lines of asking whether it was difficult to get something like that done in an election year.

When asked how he remained faithful to his wife, the late, legendary actor / god / salad dressing entrepreneur Paul Newman is said to have quipped something along the lines of, «Why go out for hamburger when you could have a steak at home.»

His «low - weight» group reached failure at, on average, 24 reps.. When I asked him about what regime of low weights his results would apply to, he said something along the lines of «It doesn't really matter if you're talking about 20 reps or 40 reps, but if you're able to do 90 reps, that's a different ballgame.»

«SPORTS NUTRITION EDUCATION OVERVIEW» Ask any typical sedentary individual why they eat, and the answer you get will be something along the lines of... «To Stay Alive» or «Because I Am Hungry.»

And when people ask you, you mutter something along the lines of «BAD GENES» or «NO TIME TO BE HEALTHY.»

What I find is that when people ask this question, they want the response to be something along the lines of «Oh try to avoid carbs like white rice and white bread because they will spike da insulin levels and make u fat.»

I just want to ask you, on a personal level, because I know that I have listeners and people that have tried Acutane, or have been told that they should take something along those lines, of a medication.

You could instead ask a question... but keep it on topic (so in this case it might be something along the lines of «What other acts of bravery do you participate in that haven't been revealed?»).

I've had several instances where people have sent me an email asking for advice and before I was able to respond I receive another email from them saying something along the lines of, «False alarm!

If you happen to be coworkers, you could ask something along the lines, «Hey, what do you think of the new project that we got introduced to today?»

If I'm asking my twin brother, however, I would take a different approach — something along the lines of, «Hey, give me your laptop.»

The first question she was asked was something along the lines of, «What is your vision for this district and what is your strategic plan to realize that vision?»

Usually, when executives are asked to respond to comments from someone at another automaker, their response is something along the lines of, «We welcome this new competition.

If you were to ask 10 financially savvy individuals what it takes to be successful in investing, chances are good that at least half would tell you something along the lines of, «It's all about proper asset allocation.»

When I asked if checking accounts would be shutdown, I was told something along the lines of «they haven't been so far».

When asked what the rep can help you with, you should say something along the lines of, «I just made a spreadsheet of my debts and noticed that you charge me the highest interest rate.

Ask any personal finance expert for advice on becoming financially independent, and the likelihood of you hearing something along the line of, «Consider creating multiple sources of income» is high.

Let's be honest here, if someone asked you what's Sony's most successful franchise, it would've probably been something along the lines of God of War.

I'm not saying fans of games like Grand Theft Auto or Gears of War don't appreciate Nintendo's games, but ask most of them what they think about them, and they'll most likely answer it to be «kiddie» or something along those lines.

If someone asked me that question I would reply by saying something along the lines of «I have played enough of if to pass judgement on whether it is a good game, and if I would be happy to buy it.»

my friends will make a claim about someone saying «but he's really smart» then i ask (already knowing the answer) define SMART for me and they respond with something along the lines of «he gets really good grades!»

Along those lines, has the following been tried (again, forgive if I'm asking something with an obvious answer published somewhere): 1) pick starting projection dates and subsequent run paths 2) example for (1): start 1980, run forward 5 years; start 1982, run forward 5 years; start 1984 (run to 1989) etc etc 3) at each start we proceed as with the 1979 directive; ie calibrate with several months of starting year data 4) thus the latest such (example) run where we could compare against actual data would be an initialization in 2008 and run forward for 5 years to 2013 5) the advantage of the above (and I recognize that there is a huge amount of work involved in crunching these simulations) is that we could see the starting temp and 5 year projections against the historical record for a number of overlapping segments.

A few years ago, if you had asked Allan Overstreet what he wanted to do with his life, he probably would have answered something along the lines of «stay out of prison.»

When I've heard «doesn't represent the full range...» I've always interpreted it as something along the lines of «the ensemble of opportunity is not the ensemble you'd get if you explicitly asked researchers to characterize their (subjective) uncertainty.»

Ask veteran partners how they view the new recruits and they'll often say something along the lines of, «They don't know anything!»

In such cases, he says, the follow - up note could include something along the lines of: «During the interview you asked me the following question.

If you're interviewing in any state other than Massachusetts and a hiring manager asks about your salary history, bestselling personal - finance writer Ramit Sethi recommends responding with something along the lines of, «You know what, I'm happy to discuss money down the road, but right now I'm just trying to see if there's a good fit for both of us.