Sentences with phrase «attempt at chasing»

«If we're criticising anybody it should be the pathetic attempt at chasing them this season and putting up a fight,» he continued.

Not exact matches

Not the swiftest or gainliest of athletes, Walsh nevertheless chased Terrell to the bitter end, diving and cutting his chin in a futile attempt at a tackle near the goal line.

At around 4:30 pm, reporters chased after Mark - Viverito as she was leaving City Hall and attempted to ask her questions about the maneuver and about the decision of Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera's to decline an official honor in the Puerto Rican Day Parade — an honor she had helped arrange and fiercely defended..

When he announced his attempt at the DNC last year, many saw more of the same self - promotion and fame - chasing at work.

Hadid's continuing attempts at imbuing the proceedings with a lyrical, poetic feel fall hopelessly flat, to be sure, with the viewer eventually wishing that the filmmaker would just cut to the chase already.

Revisionist fairy tales like Maleficent and Snow White and the Huntsman have done well at the box office, but this movie lacks the purpose of even those mediocre works as it attempts to plug aspects of Barrie's world into tired formulas like chases, journeys, and action - packed set pieces.

What follows is a lengthy (twenty - minute), almost completely wordless chase through the snowy wilderness so unlikely and protracted that it's pretty funny; would that the rest of the film, also funny, at least have made a cursory attempt at heat.

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AVClub.com: «Despite its illegible chase scenes, awkward slow - motion shots, and fumbling attempts at political commentary, No Escape manages to be intermittently interesting, thanks to an off - beat supporting turn from Pierce Brosnan and the intrinsic curiosity factor of watching a film mishandle an inspired premise.»

Terminator: Genisys overcompensates for these shortcomings by bloating its fights and chases with hollow attempts at spectacle.

They are susceptible to «chasing returns» in the hottest equities, or attempting make a gain based on a hunch — or worse having no strategy at all other than buying whatever stock they feel is «hot».

A car - chasing dog might view the daily arrival of this red - white - and - blue thing at the end of the access road as a regular attempt to crash his gate.

Bad signs are instant attempts to chase, out - of - control straining at the leash, whining, barking and agitation.

When humans move quickly, ride bikes, skateboards, scooters, drive in cars, etc. near dogs, there is a chance that many dogs will at least show interest if not attempt to give chase.

We rode bicycles around the city, and kids chased us, waving; men selling strange fruits plied us with samples and delighted at our expressions after the first bite; women in the market dressed us in traditional clothing, giggling at our attempts to fasten our longyis (a sarong worn by both men and women); hands were always helping, and people walked with us and talked with us for no other reason than to have a quick chat or ask about our home countries.

But what we actually get is the vaguely interesting Heist, which really amounts to capture the flag, an attempt at a car chase mode and some other offerings that are fairly typical of the Battlefield series, but without the same level of carnage.

Even now you bring in an entirely new idea in another attempt at a red herring even as you ask me to «cut to the chase.»

I try to do aerobic type exercise at least five times a week, we take a 2 - 3 mile walk every night as a family, and I also chase after my little one all day long... occasionally even chasing the cats as they attempt to escape out the front door.