Sentences with phrase «draw for hours»

I would draw for hours and hours, desperate for someone to sit down long enough so I could draw their portrait — from there, I was doodling in all of my notebooks at school and then I stumbled into graffiti and it was over — I was hooked.

When I wasn't going for walks, making dens or collecting brambles I would sit and draw for hours on end, write stories and make my own books.

In our family kitchen, at my table, I would draw for hours.

Not exact matches

The deal is already favourable to the French: the agreed - on strike price for Hinkley C's electricity — around $ 150 per megawatt hour — is double current energy rates and could increase further if another U.K. nuclear plant currently on the drawing board is not built.

A couple of months ago, an ad for a Woodside, California, group house called Startup Castle drew ridicule for demanding that applicants for its coveted spaces work out at least 15 hours a week, wear makeup no more than twice a week, have no more than one tattoo, and only rarely listen to songs with explicit lyrics.

And so began what Julka considers the «abnormal part» of his job search: He drew up a spreadsheet of 60 target companies, a few of which he researched for 60 to 80 hours (he admits he «overinvested»).

The examples above are success stories because they draw from the «heart» of the company — J. Peterman's love for storytelling, Gert Boyle's tough nature, and One Hour's commitment to saving the customer time.

But the group isn't going to wait for the answers, because they could be a long time in coming, and the team needs to start drawing up detailed mission plans in an hour.

For those drawn by the outdoors, St. George is exactly where you'd place it if you had the choice: a mere 10 miles from Snow Canyon State Park, 45 minutes from Zion National Park, and three hours from the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

One wall is reserved for something he prizes like a kid would a treasure map: a framed drawing of Bakugan — the ball - like toys capable of transforming into monsters that once had hundreds of screaming kids and their parents lining up at a Mississauga WalMart for hours.

Drawing upon hundreds of hours of interviews, he offers accounts of the Dow Jones takeover as well as plays for Yahoo! and Newsday as they've never been revealed before.

For example «Duty Bound,» an NBC one - hour religious special on March II, 1972, drew more than 10,000 letters in response.

I worked on this drawing, sketch, for hours on Sunday.

Because so often in one - hour counselling sessions, a therapist can only get so far before it's time to finish, and a woman who has been brought close to the root of her emotional pain then has to leave the room and go back to her everyday life: it is deeply unsettling and can draw the process out for years.

I've had conversations in the middle of the Ethiopian countryside about Arsenal's barren spell without a trophy, talked about tactics in Jerusalem hotels and driven for five hours to take a Texan to Burnley to witness a 1 - 1 draw.

Sometimes when my husband is home I will take off to the library for an hour and go to the «research» section where theres no talking allowed and just sit and read, write, or draw.

Like going for a long walk, doing something creative like drawing or writing, re-potting my houseplants (strange, but this feels luxurious to me), a nap, reading a book for half an hour in the afternoon when I should be working, etc..

She can sit and draw or paint for hours if I let her.

Let stand over a plate or the sink for about 1/2 hour to draw out any bitter liquid.

I tried to think back to the hours I spent as an angsty eighth grader staring at my ceiling until an idea for a drawing came to me, doing nothing but listening to music and painting candle holders, drawing until I was so bored I actually wanted to practice violin.

Allow strawberries and sugar to macerate for 1 hour to draw out the juices.

Who cares if they make a portrait of Michael Jackson for the billionth time or their rocket blasters aren't collaged or they take the entire hour to cut out a heart and draw a princess on it.

Let the eggplant sit for an hour so that the bitterness can draw out.

I will say that HBO has been pretty fair in presenting pretty complex topics that are, in real - time, drawn out for months and condensing them into two hour movies.

Close friends Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki enjoyed lunch together on Friday, hours after the draw was made for the 2015 Australian Open.

They once went to Central Park and hired a carriage driver, for $ 250 an hour, to drive them all over New York, all the way back to the Lower East Side, where horse - drawn - carriages weren't supposed to go.

Assuming neither of the horses is scratched, ESPN will air SportsCenter from Saratoga on the morning of the race as well as a three - hour SportsCenter from there starting at 5 p.m. ESPN had slotted one hour for the Travers but expanded its coverage after the Belmont Stakes, which drew 24 million viewers on NBC — the highest - rated race in more than a decade.

He pulled off a man - of - the - match performance in the quarters against Peru, holding them back for two hours in the 0 - 0 draw and then pulling off a marvelous save with his feet in the penalty shoot - out.

3 points nothing less no matter what we play... maybe go top for a few hours or even better liverpool scrape a draw or win, doubt it though City be too strong at home but in saying that we all did nt see West ham beating them and us at home!

Waiting for the teams to be drawn, though, was anything but a happy experience as some technical issues meant the EFL and some Twitter engineers kept having to delay the draw and in the end it was finally completed about two hours later than scheduled.

Their dominance failed to translate into another goal for over half an hour, but as a draw appeared to be on the cards, the captain Terry flicked the ball home from a couple of yards from a corner.

Shaw, who has not yet played for the Red Devils due to fitness issues, covered his face and looked grumpy as he was snapped leaving San Carlo at 11 pm — just hours after United had been held to a 0 - 0 draw at Burnley.

As the Games draw near, preparations for them fill Debi Thomas's waking hours.

Thankfully the whistle gave us the chance to regroup and draw breath for the final three quarters of an hour.

The powerful midfielder lasted just over an hour against Italy in his countries 1 - 1 draw, and today it has been revealed that he has torn a cruciate ligament in his knee, meaning that Real Madrid will have to do without him for around six months.

Getafe got their four match tour of England underway with an entertaining 2 - 2 draw at Port Vale, despite being reduced to ten men for over an hour.

The Rams went ahead through Matej Vydra in the 24th minute but Leon Clarke drew level for The Blades before the half hour mark.

Yet, for an hour after Antonio Valencia's stunning opener, the visitors played well and caused the Red Devils problems, with old boy Wayne Rooney twice going close to drawing level.

Robson - Kanu arrived for the last half hour of a game drifting towards an aimless draw, and took less than ten minutes to make his mark.

Swansea had just made Arsenal look like chumps for 75 minutes or so before Michu dropped the hammer not once but twice to consolidate Arsenal's chumpitude on the day, and not but a few hours later, the FA Cup draw came through, and Arsenal were paired with the team that had just made them look most comprehensively average.

While I was in Chile I worked long hours as an English teacher and rarely picked up a pencil or drew, except for a few life - drawing courses I did during one summer.

There are times when I spend hours on a drawing and it just doesn't work for me, so I put it away and maybe pick it up again later, maybe never at all.

Grand opening promo: When you book an appointment for January or February, you will be automatically entered to a draw for a 1 hour massage of your choice.

Lying under a warmer down the hall from you, he gets his blood drawn, and then is left in his bassinet in the nursery to be observed for a few hours so you can't spend time with him as you recover from giving birth.

We did have a drawing for breastfeeding T - shirts and a chance for moms to share why they chose breastfeeding, and most moms stayed to chat for an hour, as their babies finished breastfeeding.

You'll have to fast for nine to 12 hours before blood can be drawn for an accurate triglyceride measurement.

Some legislative hearings on the governor's spending proposals go on for up to 13 hours, giving the Empire State some of the nation's most drawn - out budget discussions.

Romney drew praise from bloggers for answering the video within hours, and his reaction is now a model for consultants.

As the hours pass and the highly - anticipated wedding of British Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle draws closer, one business in Buffalo is enjoying sales to individuals looking to stock up on «proper» foods for the event.

Hours before President Obama is scheduled to speak here at the nanoscale college at the University at Albany, Republican Chairman Ed Cox and former Gov. George Pataki held a conference call criticizing the president for his job - creation record and sought to draw a distinction on how to spur private sector growth.