Sentences with phrase «hold things down»

Meanwhile, the linebackers will have a lot more messes to clean up if a newish batch of tackles can't hold things down up front.

The trick is to make sure you have a «glue» to hold things down - mashed avocado, nut butter, hummus, ricotta, maybe a soft goat cheese.

As expected, Italy has been pretty good defensively with the Juve back four holding things down.

I won't go as far to say that Xenoblade Chronicles has saved the JRPG genre, mainly because Atlus has been holding things down for years.

Not exact matches

«Something as simple as writing down three things you're grateful for every day for 21 days in a row significantly increases your level of optimism, and it holds for the next six months.

Most people hold things in till they burst and then things are said that can never be unsaid and relationships break down.

«Xi Jinping's strategic intention here is to put things into a holding pattern, to buy time, and to potentially move down the pathway of negotiation and avoid a trade war,» he said.

To complicate things further, your startup is also frequently a side hustle while you hold down a day job.

So, for right now, I just want to narrow down our focus onto those first 8 seconds, and look at some of the things you can do to grab and hold your prospects» attention long enough to get him to open the envelope, so you can get the rest of your 20 seconds to pull him into your piece.

This idea of being inherently evil and never ever good enough and needing external forces to fix things has held me down for quite a while.

Most readers of «First Thoughts» are likely, being mostly conservatives of some sort, to feel that things are always getting worse and that the contemporary world has fallen a few steps down the slope towards decadence from the position its predecessors held.

«Isn't the simplest touch of a child's arm on the face more important, isn't the good meal, the brush against a thigh, a hand held during a movie, a swim in the sea, aren't those things of equal importance as the sands of time come rushing down on our heads burying ambition and love, good and evil, breath, blood, brains, waste, memory, alike in the oblivion?»

Since then, I've had mostly night - owls as roommates, with whom I can not hold deep or fantastical conversations first thing in the morning, so I usually write down the dreams that strike me.

No consideration of such a massive subject could possibly begin without remembering the wistful dilemma contained in the last verse of John's gospel: «There were many other things that Jesus did; if all were written down, the world itself, I suppose, would not hold all the books that would have to be written» (Jn 21, 25).

Now, here, looking at her, I believe that, while nothing is weaker, still nothing is more powerful, than this woman, this unity of all things, as, again, she screams, bears down, holds her breath.

And by this time we black churchmen should have arrived at such an understanding of God's will and nature as will enable us to refuse the white man's continued attempts to water down the things we hold to be true and dear.

From being a helpless baby he progressed to adulthood, where he was capable of holding down a job, getting married and having children (should he so choose), making and keeping friends, earning and spending and saving money, respecting confidences, theorizing about the origins of things, separating fancy from fact, getting angry without having to hurt others, caring for others without needing to possess them.

Everything was great until they had to take the sunlight in the car, and then some melting happened, but they still held pretty well for about an hour in that heat (once we got them in the shade), and then the frosting broke and began to trickle to the bottom, but we just turned the cupcakes over and ate them upside down and things were good.

I would really like to try this, the only thing holding me back is how to clean the shower plug hole / waste - pipe, as I don't think hot water would flush it all away — it's bound to cool down and solidify at some point, leaving the worry of blockage.

Place a mesh - lined dehydrator tray upside down on top of the blondies, hold onto the two trays, and flip the whole thing over.

As soon as it comes out of the oven, invert the whole thing over the bottle you found to hold and secure while it cools upside down.

There is not really anything at all wrong with what you say, the thing is though: I have seen some of the finest captains inside of football, hold nothing back, in confronting a teammate who is letting the side down.

The one thing he's good at is hold up play, which slows down our attack and gives time for opponents to recover defensively.

To be honest jack slows down the midfield by over holding on to the ball and in most cases loosing it to the opponents, giving them time to rebuild there defense, being fouled and no response from the referee or some times we are awarded free kicks which we hardly any thing good from.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Chelsea, however, seem to have got that fee down to around # 18m, though the Mirror claim there could be various add - ons and bonuses holding things up.

Things did not turn out that way however, with the Spanish signing failing to hold down a central role, and he now appears much more suited to a wide role in our system, while we have found our new striker from within our squad.

Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang with runners and no protection while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to take a change MR wenger is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health or something personnel worrying him cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and debate the issue with bold

Danny's problem is a good one for Arsenal, in that we have so many good quality options on the attacking side of things that he is once again struggling to hold down a place in the starting line - up.

Holding did ok but Chambers was very cocky how many miss passes in dangerous areas did he miss place why didn't he booted the ball way down the field and take the pressure off at the first half the commentator spook of the inexperience of the defense and that liverpool did nt put enough pressure klopp rectified that straight away bang bang bang while wenger face went all red with nothing to say the only thing that saved us really was the injuries for the game to take a change MR is far to slow to fix things what is wrong with him he most not be in good health cause after all he is the manager his got to have a fast thinking brain smell danger and act fast not seat and debate the issue with bold

Despite having all the time in the world to get themselves back into that tie or even turn things around, Chelsea were unable to do so as West Ham hold down their slender lead until the final whistle was blown.

However, things did not go his way after the Reds turned down multiple bids of above # 100m to keep hold of his services.

In a holding position it would be a waste because he's not a (Claude) Makelele or even a John Obi Mikel because one thing Mikel can do is close people down.

You can put the potty training on hold for a bit and let your child know that it is only temporary and once things settle down and the routine is formed, that they will begin potty training again.

Mind you, I'm personally a big proponent of holding babies in the Classic EC Position, but I have tried the laying down methods for the first poo of the day, and it's far more enjoyable than holding my 15 - pound baby the whole time she finishes things up.

Mind you, I'm personally a big proponent of holding babies in the Classic EC Position, but I have tried the laying down methods for the first poo of the day, and it's far more enjoyable than holding my 15 - pound baby the whole while she finishes things up.

A few ideas: Write down all the things you love about each other, describe why you think the other will be a great parent, or just go for a stroll while holding hands.

I was lucky, and also maybe a bit harsh, in that I put our daughter down quite a lot in the very early times to get her used to things, and refrained from letting every visitor hold her whilst she was asleep.

It was the only thing he could hold down.

Rolling side to side slowly when changing, helping her slowly transition up and down from sitting to lying down and back up again on changing table, encouraging reaching for toys when on hands and knees so that one hand is off the ground without collapsing, playing «row row row your boat» on your lap moving side to side and having her hold those tricky sideways positions are some examples of things you can do during the day to help her get used to lateral weight shifts.

When McKenna protested the holding still for such things, I just put her back down over and over and over again telling her to lay down and hold still.

A few times doing things the hard way (example, holding him down for a diaper change) and he always quickly behaved and opted for the east way.

My cousin has a 3 month old and my little one pay no attention when moms holding the baby but when i would put the baby down, my little one would cry and try to throw things at the baby.

As you work down it is amazing how many things it will hold.

I used the Target one before my baby shower to help me register and now I'm going back to buy the things that are still on there... nail clippers, thermometer, baby tub soft liner, baby monitor (I'm getting one with two receivers so I can have one upstairs and one down) two car seats, a light stroller frame to hold them in, and a few more not - to - terribly exciting things like newborn diapers (work for up to eight pounds of baby) wipes, etc...

The one thing that would make him stop crying is him swaddled and holding him in our arms while bouncing up and down on an exercise ball.

On the Conservative side of things, after the short - term honeymoon for Theresa May, it is inevitable that a clash will eventually occur between the proper Brexiteers who campaigned for Leave and those that hold a softer, watered - down Brexit position within the Conservative Party, and who would be quite happy for us to maintain open borders and remain in the single market.

No one held the other down, which was why western Nigeria government did things that other government did not do and others were not envious of it because everybody had his own government.

The prime minister said: «When we set off down this track and I said we would renegotiate our membership from a standing start, people said you will never hold that renegotiation, you'll never hold that referendum, you will never get people to agree to the things we want.

It's going to hold onto every single thing you put into your body for dear life — slowing your metabolism down and actually preventing you from losing weight.