Sentences with phrase «knocked back»

Instead, I was knocked back and overpowered by high octane whiskey breath.

«My scores got knocked back because a high utilization was reported one month.

Plus, last year's sterling revival knocked back what was, in reality, a 32 % return in dollar (& dong) terms.

But no... There's some out there who've talked with me, met me, knocked back a few with me, collaborated with me, and / or actually know me, and I think it's safe to presume they'd confirm I'm not that kind of individual!?

He applied for a few loans but he got knocked back.

The week played out with Gold starting higher before getting knocked back while Crude Oil made several tests higher but could not get through resistance.

The midwife, called Weird - Eye, is as obsessed as if she'd knocked back a love potion of her own making.

Toshiba has knocked back the release of its skinnier - than - the - rest AT200 Android tablet to 2012.

Tweet If you're working on a manuscript and have hit a creative block, or if your manuscript has been knocked back by a literary agent or publisher and are wondering why, I may be able to help you.

Interestingly enough, I was at a writers conference in Australia (where I live) and an editor for a publishing house who also free lances told us that if publishing houses knocked back our books, to consider having them self - pubbed.

I went to David and held on to him, trying to soothe him by picking the yellows back up, stacking them again, but this time David knocked them back over intentionally.

We probably even knocked back a few beers together all those years ago.

He took a bite of the sandwich and hustled outside just as the sixth story windows blew and an orange explosion knocked him back against the brick wall of the diner.

All this talk of paying your dues, being knocked back by agent after agent, publisher after publisher until you finally develop the spine and sensibility required to call yourself an author... It's nice and everything, and it strikes a chord with every aspiring author who grew up with the expectation that this was the only way it was ever going to happen, but it just isn't a necessary rite of passage in the modern day.

Many schools would be knocked back by an influx of students living in poverty.

There's also a physics engine in place — each enemy can be knocked back, knocked into hazards, or shoved off cliffs.

In the middle of the minigame, some Monty Moles pop out of the holes; if a player bumps into one, that player will trip over (in Mario Party 3) or be knocked back (in The Top 100), stunning them.

Payne has never been better than here as the salt - of - the - earth mug who had his shot at the top, was knocked back, picked himself back up, and returned to his blue - collar roots as a cab driver now saving for a gas station.

Pride of place goes to Jas Mitra (Freida Pinto, of Slumdog Millionaire), a nurse working at Hammersmith hospital but about to experience a revolutionary apotheosis, and Marcus Hill (Babou Ceesay), a mild - mannered English teacher continually being knocked back at job interviews by sneering white supremacists (eg «you want to teach English?

Since then, I've wondered whether my love for that film came from the element of surprise; I had no expectations and it knocked me back.

I know you only hung out with me to get close to Liz and when she knocked you back, I was there to pick up the pieces.

If you get no reply or you feel knocked back, dust yourself off and try someone else!

It also means that you can find women who are already interested in forming a relationship rather than having to randomly approach them and risk getting knocked back.

Then she went over the whole piece in Napoleonic Blue knocked back with a little French Linen.

When I wake up at 2 o'clock in the morning with all missiles firing and sleep seems like a very distant and elusive memory, I take a melatonin sleep gummy and I'm knocked back out within 10 minutes... that's my favorite and legit makes me happy!

I knocked back the docs Metformin and have decided to nail down my diet and try rectify the metabolic mess within.

A couple of those with your cheese nachos and enchiladas, refried beans, sour cream and guacamole, and you've just knocked back about two days worth of calories in one meal — calorie bomb city!

In a study reported in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, athletes who knocked back fresh watermelon juice an hour before exercise experienced less muscle soreness than without the WJ.

Furthermore, the mice that had been treated showed better cognitive function than those that hadn't had Factor XII knocked back.

«The edge of the marsh has been knocked back farther and more land has been lost,» D'Elia says.

Confident that my physiological state is now not materially different from that of an astronaut who had knocked back a few, Marya and I begin the simulation.

If you get knocked back, be certain to ask why, so you can make the necessary changes next time round.

For example, compared with a weekly alcohol intake of up to 7 drinks, a tally of 28 or more was associated with a 33 per cent heightened risk of arcus coneae among the women, and a 35 per cent heightened risk among men who knocked back 35 or more drinks every week.

For several months, the process knocked back local populations of mosquitoes by 80 percent or more.

Maybe when we get knocked back to the 1950s, we'll get it.

Under the proposals knocked back by the parties last year, that would increase to just 50p.

Year after year, they'd get knocked back.

In Australia, there is the possibility that we may face a double dissolution in the Federal Parliament because one of the taxes that Tony Abbott promised to abolish was knocked back in the Senate.

The result being they get knocked back again and again.

If you've brushed your teeth, swished with mouthwash, or knocked back a cool glass of tap water, chances are you've ingested the chemical a few times already today.

It is believed that Tottenham have already had a bid in excess of # 30million knocked back, but Arsenal seem happy to pay the asking price for the versatile forward who has scored 7 and assisted 4 in 18 Ligue 1 appearances this season.

Operating as a striker, he immediately set about discomfiting the hitherto unflustered Antonio Rudiger, while German Rudiger's fellow defenders David Luiz and Cesar Azpilicueta were knocked back on their heels by the speedy Calvert - Lewin's direct running.

Burnley had earlier made an # 11.8 m bid for Deportivo La Coruna forward Florin Andone, but saw it knocked back.

However, their opening bid for the 21 year old which is believed to be in the region of around # 8m was knocked back by the Portuguese side who are also keen on having him back with them next season.

How the hell were we going to buy him if Atletico knocked back that offer?

Ultimately, the Blues knocked back the approach from Spurs, and they faced further disappointment after the north London club went on hijack a deal for Fernando Llorente from Swansea City.

Marca claims that the Premier League side have knocked back Real's most recent advances and president Florentino Perez...

Tianjin had lodged a world - record attempt to sign Costa during the winter transfer window, but their approach was knocked back by the Blues» hierarchy, who felt the player had a key role to play in their run - in to the title.

Former Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel has reportedly knocked back advances from Chelsea in order to join Paris Saint - Germain at the end of the season.

The report suggested that the Parisians had one bid knocked back during the summer but will now prepare to make an improved offer in the hope of pushing through a world - record move.