Sentences with phrase «in old country»

While the cottage had been very rustic, however, she grounded the scheme for the new house in the ambience of a Quebec auberge, finding in the old country inns» signature mix of natural and well - worn materials — stone, iron, leather, wood — an ideal that is both sophisticated and comfortable.
The slightly reduced sized of Vancouver Oak Petite means that it is perfect for smaller rooms and spaces, for example in old country cottages.
Whether you've got a bedroom up in the eaves of a barn conversion or in an old country manor, this traditional space is an appealing option.
In our emigrant country, most of the grandparents back further than one «great» or at most two «greats» — were left back in the Old Country, and certainly most people never went back.
As a former boxer in the old country, my dad would say, «Keep your guard up».
Like Sunday Church in a old country town, the same people show up, the same things get said and nothing changes, except occasionally someone gets buried.
It's to convince these immigrants that the way to protect their loved ones back in the old country isn't to send them money or to sponsor their relocation to Canada.
Minna overly compensated for this, dressing herself and the children up in clothing «regarded as sophisticated in the Old Country».
Good evening, oh ladies we are talking how to carve a pumpkin today in Beach Cottage Land, I first tried my hand at this nearly 20 years ago now back in the Old Country and trust me if I had had tips on carving pumpkins then I would have had a very much prettier Halloween season.
come on in... yikes, issuing a BC Ramble Alert today... heaven only knows how this table led me to about 15 years ago in the Old Country, but somehow it did... sit back and settle in, we will be a while.
G'day to those of you knee deep in snow in the Old Country — are any of you here reading this blog from all the way Down Under??? If so, I...
Boasts a welcoming and relaxing atmosphere that evokes a typical meeting place in an old country house.
The Grand Hotel Timeo offers guests the choice between staying in the central hotel complex or in the Villa Flora, a delightful annex located just 50m from the main hotel and set in an old country house.
Why not meet a few locals and book a room in an old country pub.
Late last night, in the fifth of ARC's «Operation Resolution» cases in three days, ARC assisted Macon County Animal Control in the rescue of 21 dogs found abandoned in horrifying conditions in an old country store with attached living quarters in Lafayette, TN, about an hour northeast of Nashville.
However, if you leave it in the bank in the old country, they might tax you too.
I think Mother Kopp was subjected to things in the old country that led her to the mistrust of people, especially after her husband left her.
While the romantic narrator imagines a bucolic future in an old country house with children running through the dappled sunlight, her new husband plots to organize a revolution and fight a guerrilla war in the Catskills.
(this is how they say «the Ultimate Driving Machine» in the old country)
Two men who knew each other in the old country — one a Serb (Dado Jehan), the other a Croat (Faruk Pruti)-- meet by chance on a bus and then proceed to beat the living daylights out of each other, landing themselves in the hospital.
Im Peter from the west off Ireland.Im single, live alone with my two dogs in my old country house... I write and play music for a living..
I think it was a popular pastime back in the Old Country in communist times, because I inherited a number of stamp collections from BOTH my mom and dad, and then added my own.
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(As they say in the old country, mamma mia.)
So, basically, not doing it right here in the old country (I live less than 25miles from where St Patrick is buried).
It's healing properties as well as help with breastmilk production is well touted in the old country.
A cricket - playing Colonial in the Old Country, watching «America's Game»... as played by Canadians.
My best friends Grandmother told me that's what they did in the old country.
«You get all these assertive flavors from hops, which they traditionally wouldn't do in the old country,» says founder Chresten Sorensen.
For a few weeks in the late winter or early spring, I inevitably begin cooking more simply, or more simply than I usually do, and turn my meat and potatoes - snubbing nose towards the flavors of home, or of home in the old country.
But in the old country, meatballs were a way to stretch the larder.
These people come to America to et away from the stuff that people say that happens to them in their old countries the same way we did when we left England over 200 yrs.
«There is room in the world, no doubt, and even in old countries, for a great increase of population, supposing the arts of life to go on improving, and capital to increase.

Not exact matches

The 30 - year - old is seen as key to making the summit with South Korea happen: She was the first member of the North's ruling family to visit the South since 1953 when she asked for a detente at the winter Olympics and is believed to have been in charge of the country while her brother was ill in late 2014.
So to them the fact that you're 5 minutes old and already in 50 countries seems like a substantial and valuable accomplishment (which they do know would cost them a bundle in their own organization to duplicate) whereas, to your team, it's just a fact of digital life.
The 71 - year - old Donald Trump is the oldest person ever elected President in the U.S., and in Britain, 60 - year - old Theresa May is carrying out the country's Brexit mandate as the oldest Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher.
The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.
Few people have visited every country in the world, but one is 27 year - old Sal Lavallo.
But how do you break up one of the biggest and oldest companies in the country?
The insinuation is that old habits die hard and some firms have these arrangements in place because their advisors were accustomed to earning trailer fees before they came over from the Old Countold habits die hard and some firms have these arrangements in place because their advisors were accustomed to earning trailer fees before they came over from the Old CountOld Country.
At just 27 years old, Sal Lavallo achieved a goal that very few people ever undertake — travelling to every country in the world.
The 33 - year - old founder started with no restaurant experience but has grown the chain to 100 - plus locations in 12 countries
Almanza, a 55 - year - old South African, took over the top job at G4S, which operates in 90 countries and has 570,000 staff, in 2013 and has helped it to recover from unprofitable contracts, although shares are up just 5 percent since he took over.
But the programs are «not going to be for everyone,» she said, such as older workers nearing retirement age, a growing cohort in this country.
Since being ousted from McCain Foods, the family's frozen food dynasty, and taking over Maple Leaf in 1995, the McCains — the late Wallace, and sons Michael and Scott — modernized an old meat - packing business into one of the country's top packaged - food companies.
Meanwhile, the corporation has been conducting town halls across the country in recent months, trying to gauge public reaction to the prospect of significant reductions in service levels, especially in those older urban areas where homeowners still get (costly) delivery to the door (equivalent of about 40 % of households).
The 69 - year - old Sessions, who could become the top law enforcement official in the country, has «a long and antagonistic attitude toward marijuana,» reported Politico.
«We flew people in from Atlanta, Los Angeles, and all over the place, including some of her oldest friends from elementary school that she never gets to see and some close friends that had recently moved across the country
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