Sentences with phrase «even give you a run for your money»

The man I'm hoping to meet has a laid back attitude but is active and athletic enough to keep up and maybe even give me a run for my money.

Nothing in front of me will stop me including the vacuum, I even gave him a run for his money!

Not exact matches

And there are dozens of other women in the business who would have given Kimmel, Colbert, Meyers and Noah a run for their money, even in heels.

We might even give the Americans a run for their money.

His followers would even give Mohammed The Pedophile Prophet a run for his money.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

I am ready to bet that Chelsea and even Manure will give City a run for their money this season.

I agree, and I even dare to predict that the lad will give Debuchy (and perhaps GIBBS) a good run for his money next year aswell.

But for BMW, winning the title in 2008 wasn't part of their plan, and even though it looked like Robert Kubica could have given Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton a run for their money across the season the team pretty much sacked off the rest of the year to focus on the new car and the rule changes for 2009.

While West Ham were expected to give Chelsea a run for their money, we have seen how they have struggled this season, not only in the league but even in Europe.

Could even give the likes of spinach a run for its money.

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

We may just need two great players and we can surely give Barcelona a run for their money and maybe even do the impossible and knock them out, but that all depends on what our beloved stubborn manager will decide to do.

Arsenal are the holders and should put up a rugged defence of our trophy, and as we are playing the Hull team that gave us a run for our money at Wembley last May, we can not expect an easy game even though we are now the home side.

There is no doubt that Bale needs to get the hell out of Real if he ever wants to be the kind of player he once was... this isn't to suggest that he his skills have diminished, he simply isn't the fiery, determined and aggressive player that struck fear in the hearts of his opponents... the small fish in a big pond just doesn't fit his profile... I can't even remember the last player I've seen who has become so invisible on the big stage (maybe Pogba last year)... maybe it's a case of culture shock or maybe he wasn't able to handle the notoriety that invariably came with his big money signing, but regardless of how it happened this guy is a shadow of his former self... although I doubt he would ever come to a team in such disarray, he could quite easily fill the shoes of Sanchez, who ironically was in a similar predicament in Barcelona, as Bale would return to his favoured left side and would be given the same freedoms that have allowed Sanchez to flourish... ultimately I think the cache of wearing a Real jersey and competing for the top trophies would be too difficult to give up for a wannabe club run by suits who care little about those kinds of accolades

Roy Hodgson has the best that England can produce (I think) and yet a middle of the table PL side could give them a run for their money or even embarrass them.

But even with that said, they could still give the Saints a run for their money, because nothing is happening much for Southampton at the moment.

When they combine as slickly as this, the Dortmunder can even give runaway league leaders, Bayern, a run for their money in the creativity department and now eight points ahead of Hertha Berlin in third, already seem to have a lock on a direct Champions League qualifying spot.

One day this week I had put my little one in one of those «scary» diapers that worked great for my last baby even as a toddler, but C's given it a run for it's money nearly every time at only 2 months old and 12ish pounds.

The Lightdow LD4000 is a compact, mountable tiny camera that gives even GoPro a run for its money.

Study co-author Cristiano Dal Sasso pointed out the Razana may have even given the T. rex and its theropod relatives a run for their money as the dominant creatures on the food chain.

The Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant combination gave Golden State a run for their money even at home in the playoffs.

An actress whose piercing, pale blue eyes could give even Meg Foster a run for her money, Emily Deschanel has come quite a long way since being listed as one of Interview magazine's «Six Actors to Watch» back in 2001.

Only the late appearance of Betty Buckley (Frantic, Carrie), playing a paranoid old woman so off - kilter she gives Mrs. Bates a run for her money, manages to actually creep us out, though eventually even that aspect causes some unintentional laughs.

Chalamet is giving long - time favorite Gary Oldman a run for his money as the front - runner for Best Actor, but even if he doesn't pull that off, it seems likely that the film itself will rank in the top ten.

Starting with Carlito's assassination and flashing back to the events that lead up to it, Carlito's Way is structured like a classic film noir and filmed with such palpable claustrophobia, encroaching camera angles and skittish framing, it gives even classics like Detour and The Set - Up a run for its money in the visual entrapment department.

There's not been much of a debate, the handheld iterations sold roughly 80 % of the series, with even the spinoff giving the highest selling console version a run for its money - A SPINOFF that's not even got anything more than decorating!

The film's already drummed up plenty of business in online ticket sales, and it's even giving previous March blockbuster «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice» a run for its money.

Even though Dead or Alive 5, SoulCalibur V, and Super Street Fighter IV give it a run for its money, I still think that Tekken 6 and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 have some of the most active background graphics in the fighting game genre — especially in stages like the Tulip Festival and the vibrant Arena ring.

But the trend for female characters started to lean towards ridiculous proportions that gave even the original Lara Croft a shameful run for her money.

There's even a robust level editor chock full of intuitive creation tools that would give Super Mario Maker a run for its money.

With a budget of anything up to $ 400million it is, even when adjusted for inflation, among the most expensive films ever made: and with a 2 hr, 40 min running length, it gives Marvel nuts value for money.

Running up and down a slide, holding a giant stick two feet taller than him, this almost kindergartener in tall white men's tube socks, blue swim trunks, and a neon orange shirt was already giving me a run for my money — and school hadn't even started yet.

Then there's the step up to M3's C63s and RS but even the RS3's will be giving the M3s a run for their money so again in that area of hyper hatch and super saloon and fast sports cars again what your getting is quite broad so the enjoyment is what actually decides it.

When equipped with the supercharged V8, the Sport can give even the Porsche Cayenne a run for its money.

It even gives the new Mercedes - Benz M - Class sport - utility a highway run for the money.

When dressed in premium Denali form, the Yukon can even give a Cadillac Escalade a run for its money.

Even Jeep Corporate had a casual disregard for our plight, gave us the run around for a month promising to help with getting our money back and then eventually telling us that it is not their policy to do so.

The car can give even some compact sedans a run for their money when it comes to cabin and cargo space, while the features are also at par with the competition.

It is however, more than capable of setting your pulses racing, especially when compared to most SUV - style vehicles and it can even give one or two sports sedans a run for their money.

It could make the 2015 X3 a fuel economy leader, and even give hybrids a run for their money.

Perhaps enough to give its more capable and even bigger tablet cousins a run for their money.

More and more, the indie author market is giving traditional publishers a run for their money and the big New York houses are going to have to innovate even more than they have in the past.

The Vigor even gave it a real run for its money at the highest resolutions, surpassing it once or twice (on DX9 Company of Heroes at 2,560 x1, 600, with a result of 182.9 fps, and across the board — if just barely — on our DX10 test with the same game, turning in 59.3 fps, 59.3 fps, and 54.7 fps at 1,280 x1, 024, 1,600 x1, 200, and 2,560 x1, 600, respectively).

If Amazon provides a product that is sold under cost with the goal of making up the rest of the cost and profit from apps, services, and even advertising, it could give all of the other Android vendors a serious run for their money.

Even if it means Amazon will lose money by offering the tablets for so cheap, it could give the company a greater chance at gaining a significant marketshare in the long run.

Luckily, it's one of the new S4 Snapdragons we recently saw benchmarked, which should give even quad - core chips a run for their money.

Even being just a dual core CPU and quad core GPU, this setup gives the more powerful 4/12 core CPU / GPU Tegra 3 setup a real run for its money.

Though the Great Dane is typically considered the largest of all dog breeds, we're going to look at a few other breeds that give this one a run for its money, including one breed that is actually even taller.

Though Gold Spike is giving it a run for its money, the Centurion Lounge remains one of my favorite places in Las Vegas, and it's one you can visit before even leaving the airport.