Sentences with phrase «couple of friends of»

Round 2 (happily) led to round 3 of the process - a full on, in - person virtual makeover consultation for a couple of friends of ours who aren't camera shy and wanted our advice on some of their biggest design dilemmas.

I told a couple of friends of mine to stop worrying about the fact that they were unable to purchase properties they wanted, because they weren't quick enough to get their offers together.

A couple of friends of Juxtapoz collaborating on this show.

«After finding out a couple of friends of his were going to be there as well, he decided to give it a try.

A couple of friends of mine were shuffling out of pocket costs from cancer treatment (if you think your 8 months or so emergency fund is enough for this type of costs, think again) for their loved ones between 0 % cards until they repaid it.

I am intrigued by the Whole 30 movement and I need to share that podcast with a couple of friends of mine.

I bought Triazole because I had heard good things from a couple of friends of mine.

Told a couple of friends of this great giveaway!!

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The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

Say 80 percent of revenue historically comes from initial wedding packages sold to couples, 10 percent from additional sales after the wedding to the couple, and 10 percent from post-wedding sales to friends, family, etc..

Spend an extra couple of hours a week with the kids, your mate, your friends or extended family.

We broke up a couple of months later but remained good friends.

A couple of weeks ago, I went camping with a friend in Algonquin Park, a couple hours north of Toronto.

A couple good friends were giving me a ride out of the city and they only had room for me to bring two small bags.

It took her a couple of minutes to get over the shock and start recognizing faces, says Ezon, but the crowd included family and friends from all walks of life, some of whom she hadn't seen in decades.

«This isn't the kind of thing you can bootstrap with $ 100,000 and a couple friends,» says Hawkins.

So I called a couple of my friends up, and I said, «How's your life?»»

But tensions arose between Willms and a couple of the friends who had been with him from the start.

When I stopped by the Horseshoe, he was buying drinks for everyone who showed up — friend, acquaintance or media — urging people to try out a bike or enjoy a complimentary taco and then settling in the back of the club when the music started: a couple of little - known local indie bands played, and Broken Social Scene member Brendan Canning — dressed as if he'd just arrived from Wimbledon's centre court — did a DJ set.

I showed a couple of friends my prototype, and they put $ 200,000 behind the idea — enough for me to produce a first - run batch of 5,000 bags at a local factory.

A year ago, they relaxed for a couple of weeks in Mexico with a yacht, a captain, and four of Kanciar's friends.

A couple of days later, I had dinner with an old friend from New York who asked me about Virgin's policy on office romances.

We both have a couple of friends that own their own franchises in California and Arizona and we were able to see how well it worked for them.

There's a couple reasons for this: after massive sleep deprivation and zero separation between work and personal life, taking a step back often reminds a founder of the things that they want in their personal life and gives motivation to the work life and while in a lull this can upset investors or look like avoidance, its in almost every case helped the company and lets be honest, if a company is going to die it isn't going to die in one week but be surprised at how much sleep a founder might need and you probably wouldn't want many friends around.

As Elliott ramped up its pressure on Arconic, friends and colleagues of Kleinfeld, along with board members of Arconic, reported more suspicious run - ins: Others who live near the CEO were followed to a local restaurant by strangers who then approached the couple; they claimed to be considering investing with Kleinfeld, but first had a few questions.

A close friend of the couple's told Vogue that «Family is very important to Jeff, and he absolutely relies on her to create that stable home life.

I made a couple of really close friends at each department I worked in, and I continue to keep in touch with today.

His career - defining book «The 4 - Hour Workweek» turned 10, he turned 40, and a couple of his friends died.

You could rent a vacation home for a couple of weeks, work from a friend's home or office, or rent co-working space.

So rather than fretting that your business isn't saving the world, or worrying about the overall life satisfaction of a friend, simply focus on buying a co-worker a coffee, introducing someone to a new acquaintance, or cracking a couple more jokes.

There, I helped to found Rockford Greene International, a company a friend had incorporated just a couple of months earlier.

Randomly I was just speaking with a friend at a fund of funds a couple weeks ago.

A couple of months ago I shared with you a factoid from my friend Gianni Kovacevic's book «My Electrician Drives a Porsche?»

I was considering giving the 2 extra copies I purchased to a couple of friends but at $ 7 a pop, I think I will just send them over to buy their own Thanks!

I've heard of these from a couple of friends, and really need to buy them as I want to get my face looking tip top!

Over the last couple of days, as the enormity of this storm was being realized, we have been working to organize relief efforts for the Houston area with our friend Franklin Graham and the disaster relief organization that he oversees, Samaritan's Purse.

Married couples have tended to put off expanding their families when they see friends and neighbors being laid off and a greater number of foreclosed homes in their neighborhoods.

So if I wanted to have a transaction with one of my friends in Bitcoin we could conduct that transaction we could conduct a couple of different transactions.

I attended a friend's wedding a couple of weeks ago and two more are just around the corner.

Not only did Facebook implement a new News Feed algorithm that favors content from users» friends and family, but just over a month ago they rolled out a new desktop business page layout — something they had been testing for a couple of months.

Besides the amazing workout - and it is amazing --(the results, when coupled with a nutritious, clean, healthful diet are undeniable; I've never been stronger, leaner, or more defined) Pure Barre has introduced me to incredible friends, and given me a community of like - minded, driven, positive people.

This was done through an app that only a couple of hundred thousand Facebook users installed, but due to the permissions of the Facebook API at the time, this app was also able to access each of these user's friends's data.

I have a couple of really rich friends and I'm pretty sure that lots of my other friends covet their houses amongst other things, but none has yet to recieve a summons for it.

I also have a couple of friends who I text if I'm feeling overwhelmed — I ask for their prayer and sometimes for their advice.

I have a couple of great friends that are atheists and one that's an agnostic so I misspoke in my second reference to atheists.

as well as 5 Scarlet As to my friends — and maybe a couple of unsuspecting believers.

Sadly, one couple were my friends and then myself and others were quietly dropped as they became part of the royal family.

One of my close family friends was recently diagnosed a couple months ago with cancer, and we have no idea if he'll survive.

I had a couple of creationist friends who thought I was ridiculing their faith when I pointed out simply that perhaps as it was not accurate that it might be best not to take it literally.

in truth the «accountability» consists of sauna's with one of my vicar friends and a couple of others, a monthly trip to the pub to discuss life, the universe and everything, a few close christian relationships which are open and honest.