Sentences with phrase «stands about a block»

My senses calmed as I stood about a block from the next main intersection.

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He joked about their written sermons which they attempted to read to the people and remarked, «The great mass of our western people wanted a preacher that could mount a stump, a block, or old log, or stand in the bed of a wagon, and without note or manuscript, quote, expound, and apply the Word of God to the hearts and consciences of the people.»

It's small, only about a block, but it's lined with fruit and vegetable vendors, a hummus stand, fresh flowers, farm chicken eggs and most days I'll stop by before or after lunch (and occasionally I'll just grab my lunch there).

And for the second goal, no one is talking about Chamberlain, who gave the ball away in front of the box and stood there like a statue, while Zarate hit the ball with Cech blocked by the other Defenders.

I could be standing on the other side of the gates we use to block off the kitchen, talking to her about what I'm doing, and she'll start screaming and bashing her hand against the gate because I am not holding her.

New York stands to lose two House seats when the lines are redrawn, and there has been a lot of speculation about which districts will be on the chopping block when the Legislature sits down to carve up the districts.

About the same are suing to block the Rumps welfare for the donor class disguised as a tax bill... I deeply appreciate that AG Schneiderman is standing up for NY after Pub traitors in Congress (Reed, Collins and Tenney) sold out their New York State constituents!

We can now create our own content and share it with audiences large and small, so we should worry about anyone who aims to stand in the way of the transmission of free speech — just as we would worry about someone who would try to block you from telephoning a friend, or using a fax machine to send them a document.

Position the blocks just outside each heel, and stand them at their highest height (usually about 9 inches).

I wonder if this is why fashion in some circles is about more — glitter is now worn all day, not just evening wear or for special occasions, one necklace isn't enough, pile on six of them, layering, patterns, now colour blocking all trying to stand out.

Day One: Understand Yourself - This is about understanding where you stand when it comes to relationship skills, you might think you're ready to date, but there may be some major blocks standing in your way of finding love.

If Rampage's giant monsters stand for anything — and giant monsters usually do, even in films as silly as this one — it is the destructive self - interest of the monstrously rich, and there is an unexpectedly topical plot thread here about billionaire grifters in gilded office blocks getting their FBI - mandated just desserts.

As it stands presently (though I am very excited about Sucker Punch, as we've clearly established), being an adult who's been around the creative block a few times, I've got ta say that this trailer, albeit visually awesome, is at least a little bit guilty of falling into the «more is less» pit.

Ania and I went to buy bread and in one block's distance we saw about 15 tales of insanity, drug abuse and poverty: a homeless man with one leg shooting up on the pavement; an old women dragging 50 filthy plastic bags, vomiting into the sewer grate; five tranny hookers sitting in a hotel stairwell, wearing nothing but g - strings, making cat calls at the passing traffic; a crackhead walking in circles, talking out loud to no one in front of a fruit stand; little boys, none older than 11, all huffing shoe glue out of black plastic bags to get a 10 - minute high; and a group of plump ladies sorting through garbage in the street, looking for old produce that can be re-bagged and re-sold at discount prices.

The condo is about a 3 block distance to a bus stop and 1 block away from a taxi stand.

«Q.U.B.E.» stands for «Quick Understanding of Block Extrusion,» which sums up pretty much everything you need to know about the game.

A man with a saxophone is standing outside the California Jazz and Blues Museum; Eso Won Books, a neighborhood institution specializing in titles about the black experience, has just opened for business; and people are meeting up in the park at the end of the block, across from a glorious Art Deco theater that was built in 1931.

The once - bare gallery was transformed into a kind of South Beach, if South Beach knew about minimalism: white vinyl covered the floors, which had been transformed into a dance floor, chrome bar stools stood as if waiting for customers to sip sugary cocktails, and the windows wore PVC covering to block out the imagined hot Miami sun.

Second federal judge blocks Trump's curbs on travel to U.S., Reuters Ford to recall about 1.3 million vehicles in North America, Reuters Trump slams NFL for not making players stand for anthem, Reuters

If Twitter and Reddit are any indication, sentiment on the matter tends to be influenced by personal politics, in this case, where users stand in bitcoin's long - standing block size debate, which, at its core, was about network economics.

«At Kidscape's young people's workshop they talked about how they can stand up to cyberbullying: changing privacy settings, reporting or blocking the bullies, saying «stop» in response to the comments, or removing themselves from the source of the bullying.