Sentences with phrase «of doors slamming»

As we hear the (ominous for some, joyous for others) sound of the door slamming shut on the Dream Act, Christians in America are left to wonder if this is a missed opportunity or the exercise of justice.

Fortunately for our neighbours we are not a couple given to shouting and screaming, but a certain amount of door slamming punctuated the interminable, tearful silences.

Not exact matches

But both films showed how mundane, and even boring, much of investigative journalism is: your inquiries lead nowhere; doors are slammed in your face; you make endless phone calls; and you have to choke down all that lousy coffee.

«The minister of finance, supported by the Department of Finance, has ultimate responsibility for the financial system and authority for all financial sector legislation,» he said in a speech in Vancouver in 2009, slamming the door on the efforts of some in Ottawa, including former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, to create a more robust system of financial oversight.

At 6 a.m., a red van slammed into the cargo door; two minutes later, a group of thieves had taken more than $ 300,000 worth of merchandise.

«I had nightmares where they would somehow get ahold of me and grab my hair and slam my face off a steel door.»

«There are a lot of companies that thought they were ready for an IPO and then got that door slammed in their faces,» Farnsworth says.

Representative Ileana Ros - Lehtinen, a Florida Republican who is retiring, wrote on Twitter, «After teasing #Dreamers for months with talk of his «great heart,» @POTUS slams door on them.

The Ways and Means Committee will also finish consideration of the bill this week, slamming the door shut on any last - minute changes sought by Republicans from across the conference.»

Mr. Buffett slammed the door on one opportunity after another during the most harrowing stretch of his storied career.

When we take an instance like the Dawkins Foundation's Facebook post and use it as a chance to poke fun, we slam shut the door of opportunity for meaningful discussion.

so please try to be civil and not slam doors in the face of people that put a lot of love and faith in their efforts to share good news in this world of increasing bad news.

The word «father» had dialed up all kinds of emotions and terrible memories, and the door to sharing the Gospel had been slammed shut.

My dads bedroom door slammed right in front of my face.

A door slamming in your face, and a sound of bolting and double bolting on the inside.

The New York Times noted that the bishops have an «idea» that religious Americans are «the victims of government - backed persecution», while painting their decision to eliminate adoption services as slamming the door in the face of the loving members of the gay community.

He criticized religious leaders who try to «slam the door to the Kingdom of Heaven in people's faces.»

There's a way to do it as a life of invitation as opposed to seeing your changes as a need to slam doors in people's faces and shut down conversations.

If there is even a chance that I could be right, do you want to take the eternal risk of rejecting some of God's children, and slamming the doors of your churches to those of us who wish to enter?

The [Orthodox] Church in Georgia is the only one that left the World Council of Churches — slamming the door.

A small shaft of light enters into the darkness & then the door is slammed shut.

Christianese spoken to people unfamiliar with church culture (and, again even the cultures are diverse) is often a waste of time and a slamming door.

Had one of them slammed the door in the other's face?

There have been slammed doors and rolled eyes and defiant declarations of «I hate you!»

Or are you going to be one of those cowards (That has doubts about his own argument) that just spits out his opinion and then slams the door?

They were all invented at some point by humans and if you are going to believe in any of them you have to accept some pretty far fetching stuff, like you can't question god and the likes, so step into religion and the door slams shut behind you and you will never see the light of day again.

The doors of their attention slammed shut after the first humorous anecdote and the first reference to the scripture reading for the day.

Right now, however, doors are slamming and voices are raised upstairs, so I think I'd better go put my own assumptions about children and parenting, if not education right now, into some kind of forceful action.

I am concerned that we are slamming the door of the Kingdom in people's faces and tying up heavy burdens and placing them on their backs.

Like a teenager suddenly made aware of her parents» flaws, I screamed and hollered and slammed doors.

My father would made a habit of slamming doors in missinaries» faces if they made the mistake of visiting our house.)

Obama is a Christian but it seems like the right are trying to slam the door of heaven in the face of anyone who they don't like.

After slamming doors and screaming matches became regular hobbies of ours, I knew I needed to put some of these basic expectations to the test.

It is the pearl of great price, it is like the Torah of old, «more precious than gold»; you sell all you have and don't notice the door slamming behind you as you sprint after this Jesus.

Now, even with hardships, even with arguments, door slamming in front of your nose, «you hate me» teen remarks... I wouldn't change it, because believe it or not there is a good side of being a mother, a side that melts you into a puddle of sweetly melted ice - cream; when they give you a hug from out of the blue and whisper in your ear «you're the best!»

And then today, my daughter locked herself and the baby in one of our bedrooms so as I finally opened the door, she wam - bam slams the door right into my head.

One time a swinging door slammed against a fully loaded tray I was carrying and all the plates of bubbling enchiladas and smoking fajitas went flying everywhere.

That's how they get you to keep spending your money... They show you a glimmer of hope and then slam the door in your face with absolute dereliction of duty from top down..

Before one game in Denver, Headrick slammed a taxicab door on his hand, broke it, casually asked Wayne Rudy for a piece of tape and played the game.

«You hear the door slam And realize there's nowhere left to run You feel the cold hand And wonder if you'll ever see the sun You close your eyes And hope that this is just imagination But all the while You hear a creature creeping up behind You're out of time»

That one game against Swansea slammed the door on Calum Chambers» chances of being a right back in the Premier League.

I was proud of it for making it up three stories; I got the tiniest bit angry when I saw a tenant slam the old mesh door shut with a bang.

Murray said he slammed the door, and one of the men fired three shots.

stupidist move i ever seen keeping him in september, now he has all the power, you will get nothing but a door slammed and the embarrassment of this... terrible, lost the very little respect i had for wenger,

I think the Clones have a shot to win it late, but the Horned Frogs slam the door and sneak out of Jack Trice in a thriller.

When she saw Ferrell, who had sustained a cut on his head getting out of the car, she slammed the door, activated her home - security system and dialed 911.

Also having a heated conversation were Blaney and Harvick, each bothered with the other following repeated run - ins — including some instances of intentional brake - checking and door - slamming.

The Arsenal that kept getting chewed up by their theoretical peers were an almost comically adolescent Arsenal: they believed they were right about everything; they thought they'd solved the riddles of the universe; and as soon as something started to go wrong they would storm upstairs, slam the door and fling themselves on their bed wailing «It's not fair!»

* Footsteps * Door slams * Photo of Wenger, lofting the premier league trophy, falls off the wall.

You can't get a dish in the dishwasher without losing a hand because the little cuckoo monkey is trying to slam the door shut before you have a chance to get out of the way!