Sentences with phrase «return empty handed»

While the Itza lord received them politely, they made no progress and had to return empty handed.

Anyways, I had to return empty handed from Walmart when their card POS failed this evening.

Lack of quality goalkeeper was the main reason for gunners to return empty handed for fifth successive year and the 2010 - 2011 is not going to be any different.

But I don't return empty handed!

Based on my survey, I used to place orders to the distributors so that no customer is returned empty handed.

Not exact matches

Often when people look to pop culture to satisfy intangible needs, they return empty - handed.

On those days, a quick spin downstairs MIGHT land you a snack snagged from one of the other ATK teams who are busy in recipe development, but timing can be tricky, and more often than not you'll return to your desk empty handed.

Twice before Texan K. D. Owen had journeyed to Du Quoin with favorites for The Hambletonian, only to return home empty - handed.

Four previous visits to Ewood Park has seen them return home empty handed on every occasion, with a 1 - 1 draw back in the 2005/2006 campaign leaving the Latics with a dire away record against Blackburn of four defeats and one draw.

You parents of little ones can probably only imagine the day your child says, «I'll be right back,» and then returns moments later with an empty bladder, a clean behind, and washed hands.

The main opposition party alleged that Nigerians were not surprised that the President returned to Nigeria on Sunday night, empty handed and with no tangible dividend.

Believe it or not but I spent the entire winter looking, buying and returning, and came up empty - handed.

I actually managed to walk there last night to return something and walk out empty handed.

When T'Challa returns home empty - handed, Killmonger takes advantage of the king's failure and appears at Wakanda's border bearing gifts and a shocking revelation — one that allows him to challenge T'Challa for the right to the throne.

Intent on not returning to their home planet empty - handed, the group undertake a rogue mission to collect samples, and all kinds of hell breaks loose as a mysterious presence starts to off them one by one.

He doesn't come empty - handed to such meetings; he looks for ways that the school can return the favors granted by its contributors.

«I hope you like cabernet,» Edna said as she returned to the room, handing Doug both the bottle and an empty glass.

Home to the world - famous Maheno shipwreck, 75 Mile Beach's abundant fish shoals means that the odds of you returning home empty - handed are quite slim.

After a day of seeing so many kinds of beautiful handicrafts, it is surely difficult to return to Cusco empty handed!

Bishop is armed with a pistol that is capable of stronger charged shots for example, Saija wields a katana that can return bullets to their senders, Boss carries a pump action shotgun that must be pumped when the barrel is empty, and Elder has a bow and arrow at hand, which mechanically works in the way that you would expect such a weapon to work.

The Japanese whalers are facing what could be their worst Antarctic whaling season in history and there is now every possibility they may return home to Japan empty handed.

Anti-whaling activists are continuing to make life difficult for the whalers in the Southern Ocean and they may now return to Japan empty handed.

Stock returns are skewed: there is sometimes the proverbial «# 50 note lying on the pavement», but unless you habitually set off for lunch empty - handed, expecting to find the means to pay on the way, it's prudent to index a lot of your pension.

Returning home empty handed, or building your furniture, only to find it doesn't really fit in the space it was intended for.