Sentences with phrase «picked his name off»

It would have been a lot easier for the Cubs to pick a name off a list of hard - throwing teenagers who couldn't find the plate.

When Bennett hired Soderberg, few people outside the program would have picked his name off a list.

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Whitehall source says defence secretary will be asked to name his price to break deadlock

Pro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days — to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May's favoured customs...

Because after a week of Facebook and school pick - ups and drop - off lines, a week of writing and laundry, a week of working and to - do lists, I hear my name called out in the lobby and, maybe for just a moment, someone sees me.

His seven interceptions this season is the best from a rookie since 1992, when another Chief rookie named Dale Carter picked off that many.

Francisco Lindor, who Dave pegged as his MVP value pick, is the other big name in the AL who is off to a hot start.

Mark Appel was the bigger name, sure, but he was (and is) more of a change - of - scenery kind of prospect at the moment, a former first - overall pick the Astros felt they were better off moving and the Phillies were happy to take a chance on in their rebuilding situation.

However, the injury didn't seem to hamper him too much as when he returned, he picked up right where he left off and helped the Reds to a League Cup and Europa League double, whilst also being named in the Premier League squad of the season.

We picked up where we left off in the second half and Joe Willock was unlucky not to add his name to the scoresheet moments after the restart.

She's cooled off a bit in the past few years, but might be a good pick for parents seeking a little retro name for their baby daughter.

In addition to the standard information about pregnancy symptoms, fetal growth and labor, I appreciated some of the offbeat tips in the book, including how to ward off tummy touchers, ways to avoid snoring, how to pick a pronounceable baby name, and how to cope with «pregnancy brain.»

A student named John Ostrom picked up where Brown left off, renaming the specimen and rejuvenating the century - old debate about the evolutionary origin of birds.

Ketchum and O'Rourke come off as goons for being impressed by this, particularly when O'Rourke follows up her observation by comparing The Lost to The Sixth Sense (which she says was directed by «that guy whose last name everybody always mispronounces») as one of those films where you pick up stuff that the filmmaker has hidden in plain sight the second and third time you see it.

After our hero Naked Snake picks off a legendary sniper named The End, he continues on his way to the top of the Krasnogorje mountains.

Not only does the action pick up, with some decent set pieces staged by Huen, but the requisite sentimental turn works to the proven strengths of Advani, who made a name for himself on more earnestly emotional pieces; however strained it may be on script, Advani and the likable work of Kumar, Yuan, and Padukone lend a certain convincing humanity to what initially come off as two - dimensional cartoons, and on the whole the sillier and straight - faced elements blend to a smoother consistency.

Let's hope this sequel to the 2004 hit, which picks up where the original left off, lives up to its name.

He hand picks Domhnall Gleeson's puppy - dog code - jockey Caleb to join him in this off - map locale to execute the «Turing Test» on a humanoid robot named Ava (Alicia Vikander) in order to determine whether she has achieved any level of human sentience.

And all that hard work paid off recently as the car was named a Top Safety Pick + by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

After her self - published debut, Poppy Day, took off in 2011, Prowse was picked up by Head of Zeus and has become a household name across the pond.

Honestly, it will always sting for a nanosecond when I read about authors winning awards that I can't begin to hope to win as an indie, or heading off on book tours, or getting picked to speak at big events, or receiving glowing reviews from notable publications, or hobnobbing with other big name authors.

Who: Jodie Comer, Jacob Collins - Levy, Chris Barnicoat What: An eight - episode limited series based on a novel of the same name by British author Philippa Gregory When: Premieres April 16 Where: Starz Why We're Excited: In this royal tale, which picks up where the award - winning series The White Queen left off, the focus is on the women of the court, in particular the White Queen's Daughter, Elizabeth of York, who marries family enemy King Henry.

Voice searching did a good job of picking out for contacts, but once you get into more difficult language, like the name of our local vet for example, the success ratio drops off rapidly.

Naming your Springer Spaniel Puppy So off we went to the breeder to pick Bumbury out.

If, by chance, you had to pick a dog food off the shelf, having no idea what the brand name was or having a chance to check out the ingredients and you simply had to make a blind choice your chances of picking a lower level of filler wheat product would be better if you went for the wet stuff.

Peter Gorgenyi said his 95 - pound pit bull mix — who went by the name Rocco — ran off and was picked up by animal control two weeks ago.

With JetBlue, when you call to say that a child will be flying unaccompanied, you will be asked to supply the following information for both the person dropping off and picking up the child: name and address (as it appears on government - issued ID) and phone number.

Lufthansa was one of the big stars on the night, walking off with the blue riband category «Europe's Leading Airline», while Le Bristol Paris was voted «Europe's Leading Hotel», InterContinental Hotels & Resorts won «Europe's Leading Hotel Brand», Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa named «Europe's Leading Luxury Resort» and Dubrovnik Palace Hotel, Conference Centre and Spa picked up «Europe's Leading Resort».

Where Alienware's keyboard has an advantage is that you can pick one up off of Amazon for about # 80 at the time of writing, a fairly reasonable price for a full - sized mechanical keyboard with a brand name, although that does put in direct competition with the likes of Corsair's Strafe boards which have a heap of great reviews.

Developer Housemarque made a name for themselves with PS3 twin - stick gems Super Stardust HD and Dead Nation (two personal favorites of mine), and they picked up right where they left off with their debut PS4 title.

It may sound more knock - offy, but pick something that roles off the tongue better (the name «Pokemon» is a great example).

The story picks up straight from where Red Game Without A Great Name left off with the mechanical bird now entering into a mysterious green world full of mechanical machinery, although the mechanical bird has unfortunately lost its capability to teleport, but in the process has acquired the ability to manipulate time.

The goal of Crazy Taxi is to pick up passengers and drop them off at their destination, but it's everything in - between that earns this game its fitting name.

The player is in control of a character named Burns who's using a silenced P90 to pick off soldiers.

It starts off with a bare - bones character creation system that lets you pick a general face, your racer's number, name, and which one of ten teams you'll be racing for.

The game starts off with picking and naming one of 20 different animals available, including a bear, cheetah and lion.

Highlights New — Reading mode can turn on and off at sunset and sunrise automatically (05 - 03) New — Improved layout and readability for search results in Contacts (06 - 29) New — Virus scans and payment scans were merged into Security scan (06 - 29) New — Better blocklist rules with the possibility of separated rules for every SIM card (07 - 10) New — Switch for turning Battery saver automatically when charged (07 - 19) New — New display formats for update logs in Updater (07 - 25) New — Search for apps in the Dual apps settings (08 - 03) New — Mi Picks gets a new name and a new icon!

You can pick which base station to join when they're all named the same, but cycling your Wi - Fi adapter from on to off to on typically causes it to make a better choice.

Although it has not shown off its hardware publicly yet, that hasn't stopped Magic Leap from gathering plenty of headlines, as well as picking up some big names.

There's no official name for the feature just yet, but users will be able to answer their phone from a PC, as well as be able to pick up where they left off in applications.

Stellar is just about getting started doing the same (as illustrated by a quick mention on CNBC's Fast Money last night) but it's a long way off drawing the speculative volume that Ripple has picked up as its name has moved out of the crypto - umbrella and into the glow of mainstream industry.

She grabbed the domain name carlyforpresident.com, but someone else picked up http://carlyfiorina.org and posted a page of 30,000 sad faces for all the people she laid off at HP.

Instead of sponsoring 20 different events in the community to get your name out there, you're much better off picking something really important to the individuals in your brokerage.