Sentences with phrase «someone for years on end»

I typically note down all my ideas, and maybe do a bit of research, and then I let them sit for years on end.

Some entrepreneurs I know sacrifice everything for their business for years on end.

Not everybody wants to be promoted; some people are perfectly happy doing the same job for years on end.

The horse - race quality of reporting in the monthly sales numbers will support this, as the market almost has to post year - over-year declines — sales running above 17 million for years on end isn't sustainable.

Unfortunately, I still have hoarding habits, keeping everything from receipts to files to emails for years on end.

«[Companies] used to be able to do the same thing for years on end, but today if you do the same thing, you're going to be faced with significant business challenges,» he says.

But for those who take the broader view, recognizing both that even best - in - class healthcare businesses like Abbott Laboratories and Johnson & Johnson have underperformed for years on end and that also choose to analyze the company itself, GlaxoSmithKline looks more promising than its track record of investment performance would suggest.

If one uses real rates of inflation produced by Shadowstats (versus the fantasy land figures of low inflation quoted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics every month for years on end), one can prove that the US dollar has crashed.

Asking the average person to sit out the market for years on end is not likely to produce a good overall investing outcome for many of them, because they will fail to get back in at the right time.

I might have an everlasting relationship to a parent or sibling by birth and blood, but if I do not see them or talk to them for years on end, then I have no fellowship with them.

He could be a Christian who has studied the Bible for years on end, and has a whole bookshelf full of Bible studies he has completed, and a whole filing cabinet full of sermon notes.

Coffee and donuts after mass help, greeters at the door help, but as we all well know, Catholics can attend the same parish for years on end and not know any other person there.

But two people can be listening to the same conversations for years on end and still reach very different conclusions, me included.

The outbreak of a particularly vicious and meaningless little war in Asia that stymied America's leadership both militarily and politically for years on end, acted as a catalyst but did not cause the crisis.

Back in the Middle Ages, from about 500 to 1500 A.D. men and women who wanted to hear from God would go out and live in the desert for years on end.

My friends and I played every single Sunday for years on end!!

When you spend an hour and a half every three weeks literally face to face with someone for years on end, you either become friends or sleep.

Instead we «track» players for years on end before pulling the trigger, while other teams sniff the scent, step in and often land such players ahead of us.

Chief among them were her parents, Brian and Patricia, who transported Michelle to the pool at 6 a.m. for years on end.

As it is the Arsenal fans have been in the line of mockery for years on end.

Chris Liebig was a former classmate of mine at both college and law school, yet somehow, despite attending the same schools together for years on end, we never actually met!

Like politicians, directors, administrators and coaches who become entrenched in a program for years on end tend to put the «blinders» on and may become too comfortable with the status quo.

The kick scooter comes with the advantage of replacing all parts as and when required, which means that you can use it for years on end and from one child to the other.

As Eli Finkel states in, The All - or - Nothing Marriage, How the Best Marriages Work, it's really hard for couples to maintain the same level of interest and excitement with one person for years on end.

Maintaining a romantic bond for years on end is challenging, but adding kids to the mix and keeping a romantic connection the entire length of the relationship is extremely challenging, if not impossible (even with all the great advice books out there on the topic).

The lying awake at night worrying about patients, replaying mistakes over and over, calling patients just to see how they are, working hours and hours of unpaid overtime, sleepless nights, 100 hours weeks, mountains of university debt, almost no social life for years on end AND ALL OF IT BEING DISMISSED BY THE ALT - MED CRUNCHY WOO PEOPLE.

They no longer look great as they did before children, yet they managed to sustain my children's life for years on end.

The children separated from one of their parents because of it often end up calling them «skype mummy» or «skype daddy», because for years on end that's the only way they see them.

As for the «threat to the functioning of democracy», we can all imagine how this government would approach a new Brian Haw, who set up camp outside parliament for years on end in protest at our foreign policy.

«Clearly, we are fortunate to have this process in place for now and in the future, rather than having to go hat - in - hand to the legislature and the Governor for years on end without a rational or logical way to achieve our ends.

They are then summarily placed in detention, for years on end, without ever knowing when they'll be released.

People with mental health problems are locked up for years on end, with no - one telling them when they might be released.

The job guarantee will provide a backstop for our social security system, making it impossible for people who could and should be working to remain on benefits for years on end.

The large Wall Street banks that hold the vast majority of New York's mortgages often sit on or delay foreclosure proceedings, leaving unmaintained, vacant properties languishing for years on end.

They need to answer why they continue to look the other way while legal hiring practices are ignored and workers are held in temporary positions for years on end.

The statin skeptics worry that too little is understood about unintended consequences, especially for a drug taken for years on end by nearly one - quarter of adults past middle age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent data.

They will smash particles for years on end and find nothing major that they didn'tknow before.

These include reaction chambers that can withstand repeated blasts for years on end, lasers that can fire high - energy pulses many times per second, and techniques to manufacture the tiny target capsules — a commercial plant may use more than a million per day.

Other issues for a power reactor will be developing a reaction chamber that can withstand intense neutron bombardment for years on end and discovering a way to produce the fuel capsules quickly and cheaply (a reactor may consume a million or more capsules every day).

Long gone are the times when one factory fabricated the same car for years on end.

Kepler's mission was to stare at the same patch of sky for years on end so as to identify planets with long orbits and small size, down to Earth - sized or smaller.

An avid reader might read for an hour or more daily, for years on end.

With cartooning, you're dealing with writer's block on a daily basis for years on end, so I would still say it's the hardest one.

This means it can't stare at the same patch of sky for years on end, and so it probably won't be finding Earth - size planets with Earth - like orbits.

Following a periodised approach to exercise should ensure you continue making forward progress for years on end while other exercisers either fall by the wayside or fail to make meaningful fitness improvements.

Inhaling small particles from cleaning products for years on end can irritate the mucus membranes in the lungs and cause changes to your airways and the way you breathe.

For starters, diagnostic technology has allowed America and other countries to quickly diagnose diseases that have been plaguing them for years on end.

Do you really want to expose your delicate lady parts to these products every month for years on end?

If you've been working out for years on end already, you may find that after 3 - 4 weeks, it's time for a program change.

The only issue is these people didn't have a fridge or a restaurant they could go to when they got their cravings or they were stuck eating that way for years on end.