Sentences with phrase «got lucky when»

True, some agents got lucky when they hired and somehow ended up with a stellar support person.

These three got lucky when our rescue angel saw them and their Virtues.

«I got lucky when the reviewer from the Arizona Daily Star actually read my book and gave it a good review,» he says.

I got lucky when the designer (and now novelist) Jason Gurley offered to design a new black cover for the revised edition.

Old Navy is one of my favorite spots for affordable summer dresses, and I got lucky when I snagged this one for 50 % off because it was an online only product that happened to be returned in store in my size.

The Liberal Democrat environment spokesman, Chris Huhne, commented: «Ministers got lucky when the «dash for gas» cut the carbon emissions from power generation, but now their luck has turned.

Goldilocks got lucky when she got to taste baby bear's porridge, mom hasn't had a hot meal since baby bear was born.

It wasn't flawless, and indeed Arsenal got lucky when Aguero's half - time goal was ruled inadmissible, but -LSB-...]

Djourou again got lucky when Jack Wilshere impeded Andre Marriner's vision as the Swiss defender came together with Jay Spearing in the box.

Many Arsenal fans have been calling for Arsene Wenger to bring in a top defensive midfielder for the last few years, but nothing has materialised so far except that we got lucky when we recalled Francis Coquelin from Charlton.

And also got lucky when the ref sent off the wrong Arsenal player the season before that.

He got lucky when Aston Villa drew with Spurs, before Van Persie left us.

Game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Finals was one of the most exciting games of the entire playoffs, and NBC got lucky when they chose to mic up Chicago Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw.

After that Arsenal still looked lively but they got lucky when Brighton put the ball in the back of the net but the striker was inches offside.

Arsenal have had a longstanding problem without a strong intelligent defensive midfielder for many many years, but a few years ago Wenger got lucky when Francis Coquelin was recalled from a loan at Charlton and immediately became our beast in that position.

The last time I made similar cookies (Almond Butter Cookies) I got lucky when I added in flour and they happened to work.

Mr Koeppel said the industry got lucky when it stumbled across the Cavendish as a replacement, following the loss of Gros Michel production.

The pivotal moment, DeLuca says, came about 10 years ago, when Subway positioned itself as a healthful, quick alternative to burgers and fries, created a strategy for major expansion — and got lucky when Jared Fogle discovered the company's low - fat subs.

Plus if you get lucky when you buy and have some capital appreciation then the cost goes down.

I could never get that lucky when shopping, lol

Some people did get lucky when they predicted Spotlight to beat The Revenant.

However, if you lurk around auctions enough, sometimes you'll get lucky when an auction house sells off an entire collection.

You might get lucky when you look at the international bond mutual fund choices available within your employer sponsored 401k, 403b, 457, or other retirement plan.

Anyone can show up to court and get lucky when the police officer who wrote the ticket fails to appear.

Sometimes, one gets lucky when conceptualizing a photo shoot, and design and pop culture -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

If I'm lucky, I get two hours with my kids, so my wife and I decided we would both put our phones down from when we walk in the door until the kids are asleep.

So I became Uber's political adviser that day, and I got really lucky when Travis [Kalanick] called me back and said, «I can't afford your fee, will you take equity instead?»

We were lucky enough to get a free membership due to a promotion going on when we joined.

I don't love it when women do the «Oh, I only got here because I'm so lucky.»

If I get lucky enough that if and when he leaves Apple, you just want to give him money.

When you find a date that adds up to the exact number that your birthday adds up to, you've got a lucky day.

Apple claimed it purchased the Chinese trademark from Proview, a troubled computer manufacturer that got really lucky when it registered the iPad name more than a decade ago, in 2001.

There is a misconception out there when it comes to entrepreneurship that all successful people «got lucky» or created an overnight success out of the blue.

Just count yourself lucky you're not listening to pink or brown noise, variants of white noise that boost or lower sub-frequencies and can sound like the noise you hear when you land on a TV channel that's not getting a cable signal (pink) or the inside of an aircraft (brown).

The «Royal Bed,» as Savoir Beds is calling it, is inspired by 17th - and 18th - century British beds, when royal bedrooms were the center of palace life and beds were meant to impress anyone lucky enough to get an audience with the monarch in his chambers.

I was lucky enough to get on the precious metal industry in December when it was at its bottom but at the end of the day, I just got lucky with the timing.

So much so that I put in 8,000 into the stock when it was at $ 8 and sold at $ 13 thinking I got lucky.

«You need to allow the difficulty to increase enough between blocks to catch up to a sudden spike in net hash, but not enough to accidentally send the difficulty sky high when two miners get lucky and find blocks back to back.»

Smart entrepreneurs understand this; they know when they got lucky and when they worked hard.

Now when people similarly plug random numbers into the equations of their lives, filling in the gaps in their knowledge with religion, sometimes they get it right, by accident, (they are lucky) and oftentimes they get it wrong.

Eire escaped the regime when he was eleven, one of the lucky 14,000 children able to get out through Operation Pedro Pan.

I have gotten myself out the door in 10 min flat before when I've slept in, but I was lucky that I had made my lunch the night before, and was able to at least grab a Clif bar to chow in the car (I don't always have those in the house).

I too have been reading since the beginning — who needs a story — you've got the man, you've got the happiness, and you've got the skills to make one hell of an empty stomach feel like the luckiest organ in the world — Besides, my husband, who was able to vote when I was born, just happens to be my professor from college... And when people ask what grade I got in his class, I become quiet and with a slight whisper say «I got a B» — And that was only 1 of 3 B's I got in college... Our story is wonderful for him since he nabbed the young student... Doesn't sound so good for me, but I love him and sharing it regardless... Happy Anniversary Deb and Alex!!!

I took all the decorating classes and love to decorate cakes, so when I got layed off my job last year I wanted to open my own cake shop, and its not as easy as you think at least were i live in pa you have to contact the health dept plus you have to make sure your house is zoned commerical contact your local borough office if your not you will have to have a hearing and it cost about 300 dollars for that, plus i couldn't have the bake shop in my house unless i had a separate kitchen for the bake shop, and one for my family plus no pets aloud, i am lucky enough that i have a rental house next to mine that i'm turning into a bakeshop but i have to turn it into a business, i've been working with the small business assoc. and the health dept plus there are permits i need, electric has to be updated and new lighting, plus the plummer has to do alot because i have to have a 3 bay sink and a grease trap, gas lines need to be ran for the oven,

Sometimes when I'm really lucky I get some eggs straight from my friend's chickens, but if not I always try and buy local.

When testing this new recipe, I got super lucky and got the quantities right on the first try!

I'm actually pretty lucky I even got this photo, Jesse was sitting down at his desk to eat it right out of the pie pan when I ripped it out of his hands to get the shot.

And when I say lucky, I mean it: got to taste the ultimate breakfast bowl creations made with high - quality ingredients by five talented student chefs from the Institute of Culinary Education.

Even when I had to give up gluten I still got pretty lucky.

Now, when a friend tells me they just got handed a celiac diagnosis, I tell them that they are one of the luckiest people on the planet.