Sentences with phrase «from foiling their attempts»

They did nothing dramatic enough to keep him from foiling their attempts to escape the island.

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He lived through 12 years as the loyal opposition to GOP Gov. George Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, foiled a coup attempt by former Assemblyman Mike Bragman in 2000, weathered Gov. Eliot «the steamroller» Spitzer and now has managed to get along with hard - charging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely by giving him pretty much everything he wants from a policy perspective (even things the Dems were never expected to go along with, like Tier VI and the property tax cap).

There had been attempts by Corbyn and those around him to prevent Benn from doing so, which were foiled after he thretened to resign.

Officers of Nigerian Army's Guard's Brigade have foiled an attempted invasion of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by heavily armed Fulani herdsmen from both the Nasarawa and the Gwagwalada axis.

Sources within the EFCC also told our correspondent that it foiled a fresh attempt by Patience Jonathan to withdraw $ 5m from her frozen account during the week.

After the attempts for a quiet and / or dramatic suicide are foiled from the awkwardness of it all, the four decide to give up — for now.

I was far from a fan of bland I Know... starlet Jennifer Love Hewitt, but I'd take her any day over the dreadfully stiff and uncharismatic Witt, whose inept attempts at emoting were often met with laughter; Witt has a perfect foil in her equally presence - challenged leading man, Jared Leto.

From Cromwell's demeanor and other clues, including a badly torn T - shirt, a lawn mower that had been removed from Watson's shed, and a van being driven by a man naked from the waist up scorching down the driveway, Watson deduced that Cromwell had foiled an attempted burglFrom Cromwell's demeanor and other clues, including a badly torn T - shirt, a lawn mower that had been removed from Watson's shed, and a van being driven by a man naked from the waist up scorching down the driveway, Watson deduced that Cromwell had foiled an attempted burglfrom Watson's shed, and a van being driven by a man naked from the waist up scorching down the driveway, Watson deduced that Cromwell had foiled an attempted burglfrom the waist up scorching down the driveway, Watson deduced that Cromwell had foiled an attempted burglary.

During the course of The Lost Girls» year - long adventure around the world, Amanda, Holly and I tallied numerous brag - worthy adventures (hiking the Inca Trail; sandboarding down mountain - sized dunes; rafting over a 21 foot waterfall), unique cultural experiences (capoeira classes in a world - renowned Mestre Bimba academy; initiation into the Kenyan Maasai tribe; a homestay in a Hmong village) and a few near - misses to keep things interesting (getting stranded in Peruvian desert / hitchhiking a ride from a priest in a minivan; foiling the dastardly attempts of bag - slashers in Vietnam and Thailand; breaking embassy records for successfully begging for last minute visas).

Killzone 3, a PS3 exclusive, follows a pair of interplanetary special forces operatives as they attempt to foil an invasion from alien evildoers.

Mutant Alien Moles of the Dead is a game of reflexes in which your mission is to foil the plans of an alien invader that is attempting to conquer the planet from underground.