Sentences with phrase «get as hooked»

I don't think I ever anticipated getting as hooked to Grand Theft Auto Online as I have recently.

Not exact matches

While his professors toiled away on floppy drive computers with 20 megabyte hard drives, Elop — who worked for the faculty of engineering as a student — was poking his head through ceiling tiles up and down the halls, getting his hands dirty hooking people up «to this new thing» called a computer network.

Exactly how we get hooked on love no one quite knows, try as anthropologists like Helen Fisher might to unravel the mystery, one MRI on the lovesick at a time.

«The psychological mechanism at play here - intermittent variable rewards - is the same as the one that gets people hooked on slot machines,» Nixon says.

As a child, McCarthy received a precious jade and gold necklace from her grandmother, a gift which got her hooked on jewelry.

Nothing I did for the rest of the trip was nearly as difficult — not hooking up or draining the waste tanks, not fixing a bad connection on the water hose, not even pulling into a crowded gas station (the thing about having a really big car towing a really big, shiny trailer is that people tend to see you, and maybe take pity, and certainly get out of your way)-- and nothing left me with such a giddy glow in the aftermath, even after I learned I'd pulled in a little bit catawampus, and our trailer listed slightly to the left.

In fact, the tactics used to get you hooked are very well documented, and there is absolutely no such thing as a free lunch.

As it stands now, the airline is on the hook to get the passenger from one place to another.

Main value propositions related to convenience, trust and price gets users hooked, but as people begin to use your marketplace, additional value propositions will become more important and will get customers to return.

He's a cradle Catholic that lapsed for 20 + years, hooked up with some friends that hooked him on reading the KJV without practicing other than his own blend of christianity, but has spent the last 3 years back as a practicing Catholic (getting catechised by moi.

He's a cradle Catholic that lapsed for 20 + years, hooked up with some friends that hooked him on reading the KJV without practicing other than his own blend of christianity, but has spent the last 3 years back as a practicing Catholic (getting catechised by moi).

As I started to walk on by, it looked like one of them got his hook caught on the bottom of the river.

As Christians, we sometimes feel the need to get God off the hook.

«It's the ultimate con game if public power is your goal, and as profitable as any religion (as the pope and megapastors have shown), once you get people hooked.»

And the atheist, as we have noted, would say this: «yes, fine — but that doesn't get your idea of God off the hook.

Several of these attempts were summarized in the previous posts when we looked at several of the views of how people seek to explain the violence of God in Scripture, but the tragic fact is that violence of Israel can not easily be explained away, and often the same reasoning that is used to get Israel if the hook in her violence toward neighboring nations is then used to justify (and even encourage) violence today from our own country toward those we view as enemies of God.

What's interesting is that though both these reports by independent and secular organisations (NSPCC and JJC) either state or imply that child sex abuse is part of a problem in society as a whole and not a particular problem for the Catholic Church, in other words that Catholic priests are no more likely than anyone else to be involved in it, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, the author of the third document on this subject published around the same time, «The Catholic Church & the Sex Abuse Crisis», published by the CTS, is not inclined to deploy this fact to get the Church off the hook.

Contingency is in what subjects, with their predicates, become or are created, not in what predicates get attached to what subjects — as though a subject were like a hook or wire on which predicates could be hung like garments or hoops.

I love your site and books, and have gotten 4 friends hooked on your cooking as well.

I bet my son would LOVE that (as much as I keep trying to get him hooked on whole wheat bread, it's not working so much)!!!

After vacationing at a hiking spa in Vermont for several summers, I got hooked on Grade B Maple Syrup — carrying as much as I could back home with me.

There is enough to share with friends and get them hooked as well!

As I state in the post, a stand mixer with a dough hook is best, but you can get very good results with a 5 - speed KitchenAid handheld mixer with the dough hook attachments.

I was introduced to this concept of 2 ingredient pancakes when I was getting into Blogilates workouts, as Cassey did a video on them — from that point onwards, I was hooked.

I made it just for the two of us and as expected both of us got hooked to it!

I then got my husband hooked and then of all people my son - in - law who begrudgingly watched it once and now is hooked as well.

And we've just started seeing some peaches around town so Im sure I will get hooked on those as well:)

And more importantly Wenger does not get off the hook as he will if we qualify.

As of Monday, Reilly's investigation had uncovered no evidence of point shaving, but the BC scandal revealed a deep and troubling gambling involvement by team members and served as a warning to all college athletes: When they place a bet with a bookie, they are risking more than money or the possibility that bookies might get their hooks into theAs of Monday, Reilly's investigation had uncovered no evidence of point shaving, but the BC scandal revealed a deep and troubling gambling involvement by team members and served as a warning to all college athletes: When they place a bet with a bookie, they are risking more than money or the possibility that bookies might get their hooks into theas a warning to all college athletes: When they place a bet with a bookie, they are risking more than money or the possibility that bookies might get their hooks into them.

Instead we let them settle and grow into the game and then once we had finally got going and taken the lead, we let them off the hook again by conceding as needless penalty which saw the game end in another draw.

If the boss is not sure how Gabriel will cope, especially with a minutes silence planned before the kick - off, he may have to go back to Jenkinson and that is also a risk as the lad is not in great form and his confidence will not be high after getting the hook in midweek.

I thought Alice's trip to wonderland was pretty weird but your football rabbit hole clearly ends in an utterly bizarro junkified world like the rest of em on this site and as we are finding out from our cousins across the atlantic where ageing white men are od» ing on opioids at unprecedented rates when you were born doesn't get you off the hook (literally)... Man city could have complained about injuries to mendy or delph being suspended or Jesus not hundred percent but instead they just got on with the game... There's more to grammar than punctuation just as there is more to being a fan of a club than slavishly supporting it's deluded manager..

The idea is to lure Powerpuff fans into the seats in the hopes that once there they'll get hooked on the high - flying stunts of real - life Girl Power heroes such as Chamique Holdsclaw, Lisa Leslie and Sue Bird.

If bettors can get the hook in this game, we love the value on Tennessee as a home underdog this week.

Joe jumped up in a great rage and as Yeats was trying to get up, Joe flattened him with as good a right hook as you will ever see.

It looked as though England's chance to win the game went in the 84th minute as Alli steered a shot over from close range after Vardy had won the ball back in Germany's area and teed him up, but his club team - mate Dier got him off the hook in the 91st minute as he headed home his first England goal, sending the away fans wild in the process.

Those who bet LSU can get them for as little is -102 but the point spread is pretty much across the board begging chalk bettors to buy the hook.

That said, it does not get parents - to - be off the hook from planning as best they can, and that includes agreeing who is responsible for what and why.

One green mom shares how getting outside helps her family connect with nature as part of the Care.com Interview Series.From eco-friendly gift wrapping to trash - free lunches, Amity Hook - Sopko is passionate about all things natural.

As with the Copper Pearl cover, it will make things easier if you can get everything assembled before you start to hook yourself up.

As I mentioned in Asha and my recent episode on media and entertainment favorites, I love getting big stacks of books at the library, particularly because a book needs to hook me within the first few pages or I give up on it (meaning, I tend to have a lot of false starts with books).

So, as you are snuggling, your child is hooking up happy brain cells and hopefully getting rid of the «eeeek» brain cells.

i don't recall happy meal toys as a preschooler, yet i got hooked on mcD in my day.

If you got one of our hanging bassinets and you are about to hang it up in the nursery, this video will explain what use as hook / extension.

«We advise people that as soon as they become a caregiver, to get hooked into respite care,» says Maggie Edgar, RN, MSW, and senior consultant with the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center.

Really truly - just take a deep breath and know that everything will be fine as long as you don't get too hooked on having a schedule.

Our bras are known for their comfort and longevity, the back closure is longer, so it is easier to fit, and last - as long as when you first get it - you are on the 3rd - 6th hooks — this way your investment will last longer for you!

So I'd say that I'm still open to suggestions but for now I have registered for one of those small infant tubs, I think you could hook it up to your kitchen sink and that's kind of as far as I've gotten I guess.

We got one for our master bed (arguably as annoying to change as a crib because of the pillow top) and we are now hooked on these high - quality sheets for the grown up members of our family too.

Bugs are small and kids do like bugs — a magnifying glass is a perfect addition to your nature whether they use it for looking for bugs in the leaves or looking more closely at the hooks on a feather and if you get a combined tweezer and magnifying set then you cover item 7 on our essential nature kit as well.