Sentences with phrase «get at least a couple of»

I agreed and my credit card took the hit, all while I slurped more medicine hoping to get at least a couple of hours of sleep before they began showcasing the fall fashion lineup.

Be sure to get at least a couple of packages, just in case.

Proofread it carefully yourself and get at least a couple of other people to read through.

How nice it would be if there were a e-publishing service house whose mission & market was to FIND mid-listers who had proven their writing (by managing to get at least a couple of things published and bought before a trad dropped them) and make it easy for them to make the transition to indy.

I think we could easily get at least a couple of packs (no more than three).

I am disappointed the Greens didn't get at least a couple of seats.

Not exact matches

If you're a typical middle - class Canadian couple, a retirement nest egg of between $ 250,000 and $ 750,000 should be enough, at least after you add in the government help you get from the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security.

Whether you are a couple of coders in a garage or a small team in a large enterprise, validating your assumptions early and often can reduce the likelihood of failure, or at least get you to a pivot point sooner.

At least I have got something to keep me busy for the next couple of weeks!

Furthermore, going from physically interacting with at least 30 people a day at my old job to only speaking with a couple of folks to nobody a day is a let down that takes time getting used to.

And don't forget, having imaginary friends and imaginary enemies and getting riled up on the BB about them is really at least a couple of silly pastimes.

During my time in El Salvador, Central America (1983 - 86), I was always thunderstruck when, after a group of U.S. visitors had spent a couple of hours listening to the stories of the Mothers of the Disappeared or to officials of the non-governmental Human Rights Commission, at least one earnest soul would take me aside to ask whether «we're going to get a chance to hear the other side of the story.»

Just curious, whether you are white, black, Asian, Hispanic or other, if the couple getting married isn't a member of the church (or at least one of the couple) why would they even want to get married there anyway?

Each one holds a year or more of issues and, let's face it, that stack of FT on the coffee table is getting to be a bit much, or so a reader in Cleveland has been complaining to his wife for at least a couple of years.

If only the media spent this much time and effort trying to get to the bottom of at least a few of the real stories out there over the last couple years instead of crap like this.

The new article's authors claim the original scholar committed «classification errors» because some of the same - sex relationships were very brief, even evanescent affairs, and so what he should have done is what they proceed to do: toss out data until they get a handful of same - sex households where a couple stayed together at least several years.

@Dave Well Dave, speaking of Jesus and the UN, I've seen a couple of articles in the last few months that might, at least, get you to consider donating money to Jim DeMint's church of the holy Orange Pekoe.

It's best to make the lemon curd at least one day in advance and you'll want to cook the curd the additional couple of minutes longer to get a thicker product (see: notes at bottom of curd recipe from the above link).

Otherwise you will need to leave it for at least a couple of hours to get a consistent chia pudding.

I did a spread like you mentioned a couple of weeks ago and I finished the entire batch in just 2 days — addictive I tell you — especially with crusty bread that is a few days old (the better to hold the spread)... and lets face it, at least on this end, the bread is just a vehicle to get the dip to the mouth

Plus, this recipe makes quite a bit, so instead of all that effort for one meal, you might get a couple out of it or at least enough leftovers for a few lunches.

The leftovers get better and better so the boys and I eat bowls of it for lunch at least a couple days afterwards.

A couple of wrong turns later, we made it there, only to see a line of at least eighty people deep just to get in the door.

Since I can never get enough of roast vegetables, I thought I would roast some carrots and butternut for their colour, vitamins and crunch (the carrots at least), lightly steam some thin green beans — ditto vitamins, colour and crunch, throw in a few kalamata olives and low fat feta and scatter over some finely chopped spring onion and a couple of handfuls of toasted pumpkin seeds.

At least you get a couple of days off to relax and chill!

I have to travel at least a couple of hours to get to the sea but I try to as often as I can: --RRB-

Check out a couple of these recipes for more inspiration and make sure you're getting cruciferous vegetables into your tummy at least once a week.

A couple of things to note about dried beans: Whenever possible, try to avoid the bags of beans on the bottom shelf at the supermarket — there's just no way to tell how old they are, and you're bound to get at least a few that will never cook up properly, no matter how long you simmer away.

The cereal has a nice light texture and a good crunch that holds up to milk for at least a couple of minutes before getting soggy.

Santi Cazorla has also been missing for the last couple of seasons, and we had a scare story not long ago that said our little Spanish magician would miss at least 90 % of this year, but the 32 year - old seems determined to get himself back to full fitness and is desperate to play for Arsenal again.

C — Wolters gets the start — and still can not hit 1B — Desmond already injured — McMahon is now 0 - 3 with 3 Ks and seems over matched 2B — LeMahieu with another solid game SS — Story moved out of the # 4 spot finally — still goes 0 - 3 but does not strike out at least 3B — Arenado had an off night with a couple Ks LF — Parra — nothing exciting CF — Blackmon hitting 2 HRs — Nazty was the offense tonight RF — CarGo seemed comfortable in the # 4 spot — let's keep him there UTIL — nothing exciting SP — Márquez pitched pretty well overall — 4 walks added to an already ridiculously high number thru 3 games though.

All are struggling to get regular starts - are we at risk of losing all, a couple, or at least one?

I told a couple of guys at work... if we beat the Kings by at least 10, and then beat the Pels by 8 or more, I will officially get my hopes up unreasonably high for the postseason.

I think he gets a couple of starts to at least show he's worth something, if not, it's either DFA or sent to like, the White Sox for a bag of baseballs (baseballs not included).

«If they are interested then just hang back for a couple of weeks because it will take at least two weeks for them to get in touch with you.

They obviously want to make sure they get a split at the very least but these guys are good enough to take both and really shake up the Standings before we head into the final couple of weeks.

Let's hope that at least one maybe a couple of them get more regular football and establish themselves as first team regulars.

At least not yet anyway, in a couple / few years we might be able to get away with just 1big signing and then promotion of youth... but we need to build up to that, while building up to it we have to get «more».

United themselves are looking to get rid of a huge amount of deadwood from their squad, including Memphis Depay, Marouane Fellaini and Morgan Schneiderlin, and unless they move on at least a couple of them they're unlikely to want to add more to their wage bill.

Getting a top level QB should give at least a few kids pause to consider how good RU could be in just a couple of years.

Wenger needs to buy world class in January I don't mean Andre santos or Kim kallstrom a 20mill + cdm and cb would do fit the bill and some new fitness staff because ours have been on holiday for the past couple years every other team seems to have there full starting 11 on the pitch at least once in a season we are lucky if we get 7 of our starting 11 if we're lucky

He has «got it right» at least a couple of times.

We can QQ about what - ever manager is in charge but unless we can rely upon the owner to at least match our desire then we are setting ourselves up for disappointment and will never get past moaning about the manager unless we get lucky and find a gem of a manager who has a lucky couple seasons.

He got a spot in this field because of a couple respectable finishes at what is arguably the Tour's least notable tournament.

Arsenal should have bought the players needed at least a couple of weeks before the season starts so they can get som practise with the rest of the team.

The Spanish striker has struggled throughout his time at Tottenham, but did at least get off the mark for the league season against Everton a couple of weeks ago.

«Hopefully we can get a couple of goals which is what we're going to need — at least — if we're going to win.

A couple more laps and the result could have been different but hey, at least we got some excitement out of the race, even if was only in the closing laps!

Basically they gets a potential QB and nothing else in the first couple of rounds for at least the next two drafts.

Let's hope we get a couple of good signings and keep hold of our star players and have a blinder next season then - it might bring the fan base back together again at least.