Sentences with phrase «fondness at»

Nick and I look back with great fondness at those three years of Skype dates and short visits.

The site and app allow you to document milestones (from the first date to the first kiss and other special occasions) so you and your partner can look back with fondness at how your relationship was built.

And I know that, by doing so, I'll look back on these days with fondness at some point.

In this week's programme, Steven discusses his new role and looks back with genuine fondness at his time on the pitch in the royal blue jersey.

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If it weren't for the sweet rush of endorphins afterward — and perhaps an intractable fondness for beer and cheese — would we even run at all?

Responding to a question following a speech in Indianapolis Monday, Mr. Bernanke expressed a fondness for Mr. Friedman, noting that the two had frequent discussions and that he had even spoken at his 90th birthday party.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

He once wrote an amusing essay called «The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos» that poked fun at the fondness of academics for purchasing ugly cars and dowdy clothing as a badge of authenticity.

Though I never tested this theory (I rarely want to eat anything at all when I'm hungover, least of all spicy, greasy chips) I did develop a fondness for the chilaquiles served at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market in San Francisco.

Mexican oregano is unique, potently fragrant, and zesty and earthy all at once - I have a fondness for it with corn, and with mushrooms as well.

I've talked at length (history can be found here), about my fondness for our state capital.

With the advent of warmer weather and baseball season, I can't help recalling with great fondness the Sunday dinners at my grandparents» house when I was young.

At the same time, many Britons are troubled by reports that as a nation their fondness for sugar and disdain for exercise will eventually bankrupt the NHS; there is considerable support for the idea that very overweight people should be required to lose weight before being treated.

Pancakes were a regular Saturday morning breakfast at my house when I was young, so I've always had a fondness for them.

Michiana - based food writer with a fondness for garlic, freshly baked bread, stinky cheese, dark beer, and Mexican food — who believes that immersing herself in different cultures one bite at a time is the best path to enlightenment.

While armchair managing is all fun and good... Why on earth would you want us to play a new system for a game this big!?!? I get fans fondness for the 4 -4-2 while seeing the very entertaining football teams like Leicester and Atletico play with scything counter attacks... But this is Arsenal playing Chelsea at home after they've had a couple of disappointing results.

Now at 10 months old, she treated me with the same fondness and love that she had showed my husband during her early months.

The Islington North MP also talked openly about his teenage years, how he disliked the «very strict» regime at his secondary school and his fondness for

Mayor de Blasio and the new incoming police commissioner share a fondness for at least one pastime — they both love long walks along the beach together.

At a funeral service in Manhattan Tuesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered a powerful, stirring eulogy in memory of his father, former governor Mario Cuomo, recalling his fondness for argument and his belief in the power of government to do good.

They didn't have to be beaming messages at us; they merely had to share our fondness for artificial light, something common to every modern society on Earth.

Jeanne Calment, the French doyenne believed to be oldest person in the world when she died at the extreme age of 122, was known for three things: her quick wit, her fondness for bicycling around the small city where she grew up — and the fact that she was a daily smoker.

To the students who are leaving, he said he hoped that they will always look back on their time at Tohoku University with both pride and fondness.

Early mornings at practice and evenings at meets, playing cards on the pool deck while waiting for our races — these are some of my fondness memories.

My fondness for it starts at the beginning.

Michiana - based food writer with a fondness for garlic, freshly baked bread, stinky cheese, dark beer, and Mexican food — who believes that immersing herself in different cultures one bite at a time is the best path to enlightenment.

At some point or another, everybody has reflected on their past personal style — with either fondness or regret.

My fondness to white dishes goes back to memories of spending time at my Aunt's home and the beautiful table she would set using her white dishes.

Everyone shares the same fondness of the game but there's no way a Liverpool fan is going to convince a Manchester United fan to start attend Man U's home games at Old Trafford with them.

Ukrainian ladies have a particularly strong fondness for flowers as their cultural connections have encouraged continual affection for a variety of flowers, whether grown at home or received as gifts.

Rosario Dawson's accent changes constantly, though I will always recall with fondness the way she glares at one of Alexander's boy - toys and says, «You love heem?»)

Oh the Japanese and their fondness for school uniforms:p haven't had much of a look at the other dlc yet other than the free Japanese audio, though I still haven't even completed all the story modes.

He seems to have a fondness for Laura too and won't leave her alone, asking for her help when he cracks and takes someone hostage at gunpoint.

Anyway, from the jump, Harding's chain - smoking mother LaVona (a brilliantly snake - like Allison Janney in a part written for her) pushed her, all but forcing a coach (Julianne Nicholson) to take her at 3 years old, which might have turned out OK if it wasn't for Harding's fondness for Gillooly, a local doofus several years her senior.

Ralph Fiennes is Gustave H, the suave and legendary concierge at a grand central European hotel between the wars, whose fondness for elderly ladies gets him into trouble when one of his paramours dies and leaves him a fortune, much to the horror of her grasping and treacherous family.

It also shows just how little the industry seems to care about the critical sentiment that has built up against Martin McDonagh's film in recent months, much of it directed specifically at Rockwell's Dixon, an ill - tempered white police officer with a fondness for beating up black suspects.

Each is new to the saga and largely unproven in the world of big budget, effects - driven spectacle, but together the pair shows obvious fondness and respect at least for the two Cameron - directed installments.

I found myself chuckling at George's fondness of crude humor and his scenes with Dwayne Johnson's character Davis the charm is there, I just wish the film could have spent more time on their friendship before rushing to the eventual carnage.

A road trip later in the picture offers a change of pace, but this is a slice of life of one of many trying to make it on the folk circuit, and the Coens capture every detail, acknowledging their fondness for their era, while being able to laugh at it as well (though without getting as broad as Christopher Guest «s «A Mighty Wind,» the last major folk movie).

A decade from now, we'll look back at the recent crop of feel - good indie blockbusters with nostalgic fondness, but convey little import on them.

The UK's Shameless Films seem to have a particular fondness for the torture and torment of Italian film siren Edwige Fenech at the hands of giallo legend Sergio Martino; but then again, I can't really blame them.

But now Hal is opening up and showing his fondness toward the fellow math lover by consoling her, while at the same time showing intense enthusiasm for a collection of Robert's notebooks he has stumbled upon.

The apparently louche and callous Boyle is a jazz connoisseur who's partial to a bit of Chet Baker, he expresses a fondness for Gogol, and he would have us believe that he was in the Irish swimming team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

However, for many at HGSE — including McCartney — the fondness for Carle's books goes beyond the educational and into personal.

Now, those who remember their «Gunsmoke,» «Buck Rogers,» or «Partridge Family» lunchboxes with fondness can see them in a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington.

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche has a real fondness for The Motor City, and told Motor Trend's Alisa Priddle and myself how happy he is to see at least part of the city rebound economically.

Fortunately for us, Pikes Peak is now paved from start to finish, yet Zwart's eerie fondness for telling tales of mishaps, many of which end with upside - down cars, isn't making us feel at ease as we get ready to run up Pikes Peak.

Speaking exclusively to Auto Express at the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota executive vice president Masatami Takimoto said: «We are aware of the fondness with which the MR2 is held in the UK and Europe, and are developing a small hybrid sports car.»

The poetic, magical story centers on two sisters brought together at an unplanned reunion born of desperation — not fondness.

Many details in the novel offer significant comment on the worth and power of books, from Rosie's fondness for nineteenth - century novels like Emma, Middlemarch, Jane Eyre, and Hard Times, to Elsa's reaction to Jane Austen, to Rudi's joy at receiving a rare text, for example.