Sentences with phrase «still were a big hit»

I used this as a healthy sugar substitute, (as I always do), and they still were a big hit.

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The card was a big hit and the client still talks about it.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

Business observers say independent companies that have hit the big time always make their customers feel like they're still working with a small, personal operation.

If he were following the dot - com millionaire rulebook, he'd have known that what you're supposed to do after hitting it big during the 90s boom is either retire off into the sunset of leisure and angel investing, or if you still have ambition, start a new company with someone else's money.

WeWork, which is said to be raising as much as $ 4 billion at a valuation of more than $ 20 billion, is still on its way to hitting $ 1 billion in annual revenue this year — though CEO Adam Neumann said at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017 that it's not quite as simple as betting big on enterprise deals.

Here's the big caveat as the pound hits a post-Brexit-vote high Analyst: On a trade - weighted basis, there is «still some way to go to recover» Pound bulls shouldn't turn too euphoric about the British currency notching a new post-Brexit-referendum peak this week.

Higher risk because much of the technology is still in testing and hasn't hit mass market yet, but there is potential for big future payoff.

Even though stocks took a big hit in 2008, they are still your best bet in the long run, says retirement expert Chris Cordero.

In the 1980s he had his biggest (but still not very big) hits, even recording a duet with Springsteen on The Up Escalator, but a lot of the fire seemed to be going out of his music at the same time.

I'm not the same as when it happened and my reputation took a big hit and it still hurts every now and then.

But I'm convinced one of the reasons my jams and preserves are a big hit with family and friends is because the low sugar version lends more fruit flavor and still plenty of sweetness.

So far, it has been a little hit and miss... the hits scoring big points, and the misses still tasting okay, but often a bit too sweet and lacking in the performance category.

While chicken fingers are still a big hit at parties, these days I like to mix it up a bit when entertaining at home.

(Your Chocolate Puddle Cookies are still a big hit around here.)

While Jerry Sr. hit.258 in 14 big league seasons, 23 - year - old Jerry Jr. is Baltimore's top prospect, a scrappy, dirt - loving hustler with very good hands and speed, though he still tends to swing for the fences too much.

Reggie Miller is still capable of raining down the threes and has made a career out of hitting the big shot time after time.

he wants to be able to hit FA again when contract sizes have gotten even bigger and he's still effective age-wise

Uhhh have wanted wenger gone for 5 years not 45 mins even as u junkies keep saying just a little more of the wenger smack please and it will be ok just a little more please I need just a little and will be ok... So let's see if your habit will persist... I feel for all people who have had to go through cold turkey every year i really do... But who knows this year you might still hit the big high... If we bring in isco in January I think u might even be right... otherwise ud better start stocking up on the morphine ASAP

LF Gary Sheffield, 31, Dodgers [SKINNY] Darin Erstad, down the freeway in Anaheim, is a hit machine, yet Sheffield still has a higher on - base percentage and has scored more runs while putting up the biggest power numbers of his career.

The front five on offense still have work to do — they got quarterback Deshaun Watson hit quite a bit last night, and his throwing form seemed to suffer — but a) sophomore running back Wayne Gallman (24 carries, 139 yards, no negative carries) is proving capable of creating big yards out of small creases, and b) the defense has been excellent.

So with Man United still winning despite uninspiring performances and with Liverpool really hitting form, I think Wenger is worried about every game and could not bring himself to rest the big players.

They have taken some big hits through injury losses, but still, Sergio Aguero is there and heads up the William Hill first goalscorer market at 5/2 odds * (betting odds taken January 31st at 4:47 p.m.).

This is really a big matter that tricked all Arsenal fans including myself whether these two lads are relieble or not.To me Rosicky's injury wasnt so terifying except the fact that he needed a long 18 months to recover, anyway i still beleive he can still do what he used to do, i prefer him more than Nasri as he is more faster and he's got a good striking force when he hits the ball, to sum it up, he used to be one of my favorite, Lets see whats gonna happen!!!! As for Dudu, the terifying action of the injury cant still get out of my mind, it seems like it was my own leg, so thats why im always fearfull!!

So, before your child hits the big 1 - 2, add these 12 places to their list of must sees — while they still think hanging out with you is cool!

My daughter is still too young to participate in food preparation, so making characters out of her food items is a big hit with her.

KRISTINA CHAMBERLAIN: Well sometimes moms will deal with it more in the first couple of months just while their bodies and babies and still you know figuring out what's the supply and demand is, so, a lot of times after the baby's hit you know the 2 or 3 months mark that starts to get better just because again moms and babies bodies are you know dancing together a little bit better they're getting more in to rhythm, so sometimes that the time and then in itself will kind of resolve it as baby gets bigger and kind of figures that out but if after the 2 months mark it's still an issue when it's making nursing hard for mom and baby I would say then start doing some of the things that we talked about to be a little bit more assertively treating it

(Rep. Nita Lowey's district also takes a big hit in Mann's plan, but she's still considered safe, and GOP Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle is also in danger, but that's House Speaker John Boehner's problem, not Pelosi's).

While upper income earners could take the biggest hit, there would still be problems for the middle class.

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano overnight, the biggest since tremors began 10 days ago, but there is still no sign of an eruption, the country's Meteorological Office said on Tuesday.

Anesthesia, Alkire says, «is still kind of on the level of «we have a big hammer, and we hit you on the head, and you get knocked out.»»

I have been spending time the past few weeks reflecting on the wild ride I had in my twenties — things I learned, things I absolutely must NOT do again, what I have improved on, what I still have a way to go on, experiences gained, and how far I have come since I hit the big 2 - 0.

Sure, it's still winter and a big snow storm is due to hit the Northeast, but that doesn't mean a gal can't dream about what she'll be sporting this summer at the beach.

If you can't lean forward so much, it's no big deal, the exercise still hits your chest really well when you're vertical.

As I mentioned above, loafer mules are a big hit, but you can still go sexy with the chunky heel or even with the classic stiletto.

I hit my big toe on the legs of our dinning table and it split my big toe nail about 6 months ago and my nail is still split and I remember I was such a big baby about it.

I gave a large a go to see if it was any better, but the design still hit empire while the arms were very big.

See, you may be the biggest thing that ever hit this area, but you're still two - bit outlaws.

It will be extremely hard for the studio to match those figures in 2016, as many of its biggest franchises are sitting out the year and Universal's planned 21 - film slate doesn't feature any sure - thing blockbuster hits aside from (maybe) a still - untitled Bourne sequel.

Akin's film is the penultimate title to premiere in competition at Cannes, and while it doesn't seem headed for big awards, it still hit me hard in ways I didn't quite expect.

Even though he suddenly doesn't want to be the sell - out artist performing his one big hit song to sold out houses of retired groupies that have funded his extravagant lifestyle, he still throws cash around to prove his fame and success.

Director Barry Sonnenfeld badly needed a hit after Wild Wild West and Big Trouble and so he went down the tried and tested route of making a sequel to his most popular film so far, the entertaining Men in Black (not a film that was exactly crying out for a sequel, but still).

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Coming - of - Age films are typically big hits with not only critics but audiences as well but what makes Eighth Grade so special is that it is told from a female point of view which is surprisingly still a rarity in film.

«Zootopia» is the unit's fourth consecutive hit, following 2012's «Wreck - it - Ralph» ($ 471 million global box office), 2013's «Frozen» ($ 1.28 billion worldwide, plus three times as much in still - growing licensing and merchandising revenues) and 2014's «Big Hero 6» ($ 658 globally).

Granted that's not as big as any of the Harry Potter franchise films opened, but that's to be expected when we're not dealing with many characters that fans aren't familiar with, and the movie will still be a hit worldwide.

Other pundits predict that Ben Stiller's skeletons - run - amok flick, «Night at the Museum,» will be the big hit of the season, but we'll believe that when we see it.

It still is an absolute literal translation of the books to the big screen, but the stories weren't as hard - hitting and intense compared to the first movie.

He still dreams of hitting it big once again — in Vegas and on «The Tonight Show» — but he's smart enough to know that he's something of an antique.

Of course, he made reference to Black Panther, but was it everything we hoped and dreamed it would be following the instant hit the film was — a film that is still climbing in ranking as on of the biggest grossing films of all time as it recently hit number three?