Sentences with phrase «barely got past»

In fact I barely got past the opening sequence.

I barely got past that crude, sexist quote from Churchill.

Hell, Anderson barely got past a blown - up middleweight in Tom Lawlor and only has one win over a current member of the UFC roster, and that was Jan Blachowicz in the midst of a 1 - 4 run.

The team barely got past Rio Rapids of New Mexico in an overtime match that decided the Far Wester Regional championship.

It's pretty fitting that after plenty of great moves and great saves that the only goal comes off a trickling shot that barely got past the goaltender.

My husband and I were there in August, on a total wildlife chase, and barely got past the bison, elk, and chipmunks (squirrels?).

As I understand it, jihad was originally intended as spiritual warfare too, but that concept barely got past the prophet Muhammad's tent flap before it came to mean physical battle.

It is already the middle of October and I've barely gotten past the thought of it being fall in Los Angeles.

Plus 4 weeks of battery life is a revelation considering that today's handheld devices could barely get past another day without having to be recharged.

Not exact matches

Unlike in past years, says Stewart, most were just getting off the ground in 2005, with baseline revenues that barely surpassed the minimum requirement of $ 50,000.

Early retirement is a great motivator, but for me it's hard to see past just getting my income to a place where we're not just barely making it.

Stir - fry until bright green and just barely tender - crisp — since this is a cold dish, you want to get them just past raw; barely even tender crisp.

For the past two years, Christmas has been celebrated in China and it's often hard to get into the Christmas spirit when barely anyone else around you celebrates Christmas or even knows the reason we celebrate.

But life took over and I could barely get out of bed these past several days.

With Florida flopping in its opener against Michigan and Tennessee barely squeaking past Georgia Tech in double overtime despite getting gashed for 655 yards last week, the Bulldogs could well take the division and give the Crimson Tide a game in the conference title bout.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

I've got a lot of experience with strength training but I suspect a very underdeveloped aerobic energy system for an otherwise healthy 26 year old male — I've barely done any aerobic work for the last six years until this past month and didn't really play any sport from the age of 16 onwards.

We can not get past the faces of Weisz / AcAdams playing parts, their performance barely skims the surface of what makes these complex women tick.

When you consider that inflation has averaged 2.94 per year over the past 30 years, and that current mortgage rates are just 0.68 percent higher than that, it begs the question: Why would a lender commit to earning barely more than the long - term inflation rate for the next 30 years, unless getting paid back was close to a sure thing?

This past year I barely got enough «points» to cover the $ 79 fee so I called to cancel the card; they waived the fee!!

The enemies barely get to see you in time to fire at you, so you're largely avoiding, or shooting, everything in your way as you try to avoid the obstacles whizzing past.

In Link to the Past, you barely have to interact with townspeople, but in solving the mystery of the Windfish - some kind of omnipotent creature sleeping in an egg atop a mountain in the game - you have to get to know everyone, trading seemingly useless goods like dog food to get a key item later on.

When times are slow, we find ourselves doing the dirty work: extra floor time, double open houses, mailers, or overspend on internet leads, google ad words, Real Estate sites that barely feature you... We are trying to get back to the peak and in doing so, unconsciously spending an absorbent amount of time focusing on building new business through cold marketing and forgetting about where most of our business actually comes in through — our past clients.

I'm getting all the people with sob stories, who barely make the minimum 3X rent, have past bankruptcies, have unreliable rental history (renting from family, or other «landlords» that seem questionable), people who smoke, illegal immigrants who work under the table and don't have verifiable income, etc. (the list goes on).