Sentences with phrase «did peculiar things»

Besides the affair of the tree, the USGA suffered some embarrassment at the hands of golfers who were not in the Open but did peculiar things on the course.

That art does peculiar things to people — like convincing Labour councillors to support a Margaret Thatcher statue in Grantham, and Tories to oppose it

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Even to him, taking a part - time position to pay down more of his debt seemed like a peculiar thing to do as a Harvard MBA with a six - figure management job at a Fortune 50 company.

Don't feel like you have to attack peculiar things which you have no understanding of and is of no significance to you.

So it seems like anyone who is a Christian should be doing exactly those things, and I am utterly at a loss for why Quakers are peculiar in enacting this strong Christian witness in the world.

It seems to be her peculiar genius to do things that way.

One thing does seem peculiar though, and I may be mistaken here, why would an organization that doesn't really buy into the miracles of Jesus, e.g. healings and resurrection, and by extension the divinity or prophetic nature of Jesus, e.g. Jesus as an «itinerant... sage», really be all that interested in determining exactly what Jesus said?

We are easily misled here by the following sort of reasoning: «If x can do A, B, and C, and nothing else can do C, but other things can do A and B, we might describe x's peculiar function either as «doing A, B, and C» or as «doing C»» (EAE 49).

Israel did regard herself as the peculiar trustee of a unique faith and conceived the protection of that faith from contamination and the propagation of it to the world as her duty, and so, thinking of her religion as a greenhouse in which to grow priceless things for later transplanting to the larger field of the world, she endured indescribable suffering on behalf of her heritage.

The interesting, or perhaps peculiar, thing about these cookies is that the dough begins with a mix of both cooked and raw egg yolks.The eggs are the centerpiece of these rich, buttery cookies, and the result — if done right — is a cookie that's substantial while remaining tender and delicate.

Because of his peculiar talent for doing the right thing as often, or more often, than the wrong thing, Paul Larson gets enough rope to hang himself.

It makes people do very peculiar things.

It's a small thing, yes, but such oddities are pleasing to the eye, suggesting as they do that something peculiar is going on somewhere.

Trying to do that on my own, in my sleep - deprived state, would have been a huge challenge and I'm not certain I would have outlasted the baby, who took a peculiar «I'll just sit up until you come back» approach to the whole thing that was both heartbreaking and hilarious at the time.

The worrisome bit: there are standards and practices to follow, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but I do not want my peculiar voice to be compromised.

I should maybe add, I don't think Lawrence really said it, the most peculiar thing about this dark energy, is really the fact that there is so little of it.

We all are a little bit odd - peculiar - and God uses that to do great things when we trust in Him.

How do i start this:) I'm new on here and i think describing myself is going to be a very peculiar thing to do, I let people speak because everyone of us can give praises to ourselves but each one of us share something other people don't have.

While searching for dating partners in the comfort of your home as peculiar with online dating, many things could be done wrong which possibly could make your search stressful and boring or worse, exposes you to awful online dating experience.

Two things that don't always go together are war and comedy but leave it to writer / director John Boorman to bring the two together in a package that even I, someone who has peculiar comedic tastes and generally doesn't care for war movies, enjoyed.

I enjoyed the opening hour of this period piece drama but things fell away with a peculiar finale that didn't ring true.

The 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid attests to Subaru's peculiar way of doing things.

We knew it was a peculiar idea, and we knew that helping people pursue their passions and career goals was the right thing to do.

One thing to note about this particular breed and which does sound quite peculiar is that they have paws similar to a cat.

Those are all things you can do at home — tasks like sweeping or ironing — it's just that in this case they're done to black canvases, paying tribute to grief and mourning, but not to something specific... It's a manifestation of an attitude, which is larger than one's own self... Right now it seems that in many parts of the world — or everywhere, even — there is a shroud of darkness... There is always a story under the surface, and those stories are often quite peculiar; they have a strange way of manifesting themselves.»

The funny thing about mobile homes is that you see them parked more often than you see them on the move, which perversely makes it seem peculiar when you do see a mobile home being hauled along a highway.

If you've no head for heights a fear of confined spaces, an aversion to making a fool of yourself, or if the sight of naked Viennese Actionists doing peculiar and insanitary things with rubber tubing or a dead pike is upsetting, get someone else to go instead and make them tell you about it later.

If you are done with your FL driver education however, there are some things you should know about driving in the Sunshine State that is somewhat peculiar to Florida.

While many iOS apps are now well optimized for the larger screen of the 7 Plus, there remain a few peculiar instances where things just don't seem to make sense on a 5.5 - inch display.

The peculiar thing with Apple is that even when it goes into a hardcore proprietary mode, as it has done with the HomePod, there are still hundreds of millions of Apple users out there with the budget and interest to purchase its latest product.