Sentences with phrase «tried for a minute»

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«We often try to power through the day to get more work finished, which might not be as effective as taking some time to detach for a few minutes,» Rupp said in a release.

Your Skype call goes over by five minutes, the next group is chomping at the bit trying to get into the room for their meeting, awkwardness ensues.

«I try to run most days, after discovering that a good run for 45 minutes each day helps clear my head.

So you're thinking of giving organizing a try but you're not persuaded of its concrete benefits: You were only searching for those client records for forty - five minutes, but to stay organized is starting to sound like a lot of work.

Aiming for a smooth end to the Christmas spending rush, Walmart (wmt) is trying to shepherd more last minute shoppers to its in - store pick up service for online orders and nudge them to plan ahead more.

It may prove a challenge, but if you're still hunting and pecking, you could give this gadget a try so you can at least save face for your slow word - per - minute count.

Start a conversation and say, «I'm trying to understand the industry better — do you have 15 minutes for a cup of coffee?»»

I only tried one game for a few minutes, but Black Box told me there are other games for different types of exercises for the whole body.

The hardest aspect of my job as an executive coach is trying to get CEOs such as William and Rachel to sit still for 20 minutes a day in quiet, contemplative thought.

Take a minute and try to find a fun way to learn the material (making up crazy little stories to help you recall vocabulary is one effective technique, for instance).

Remember that sleep is essential to success, so switch off your laptop and iPhone and try reading a book for 30 minutes prior to bed.

Hate to tell you, but trying to exercise in the two minutes you have between meetings isn't going to burn enough calories for you to manage your weight.

«All you're trying to do, whether it's a three - minute pitch or a six - or eight - minute presentation, is to whet the appetite for a follow - up and get an in - person meeting,» says Somak Chattopadhyay, principal at Greenhill SAVP, an early stage venture capital fund in New York, and a longtime Pace judge.

You might not need special clothes or long hours («Undertake a commitment to try to sit three times a week for five to 10 minutes to begin with, working up to 20 every day,» Salzberg suggests), but you do need appropriate expectations and a good guide.

«What price is too high to pay for a company's stock if the company spends every waking minute trying to replace you?»

Or I'll cook dinner with my wife and before bed I'll try to read for 30 minutes to settle down and hopefully learn a little something.

«I stayed for a week at the Sheraton — which is the hotel everyone here stays at — just prepping for that 10 minutes, trying to process what was about to happen.»

They've got three minutes to come up with as many «pain points» as they can — product and service bugs that irritate customers, for which the team will then try to come up with tech - driven solutions.

A minute later, a European man sauntered up to me and tried to buy me for the night.

If you want it, you'll make time for it, no matter how much your pillow tries to suck you back for just 10 more minutes.»

The participants listened for six minutes to a sound during the cognitive task, and they tried all four sounds.

When I take a Pure Barre class, I try to keep focused for the entire 55 minutes to maximize my experience.

Though power grids across the country do try to anticipate blackouts, they only prepare for disruptions measured in minutes, not days, weeks, or months.

For several minutes, it was as if certain interests were trying their very best to pick off offers in order to keep the Dow from hitting that -100 reading.

Have you tried simply splashing warm water on your face to help soften the hairs, are you soaking the brush for a few minutes in warm water while you prep your face?

I've been trying to post this for the past 15 minutes....

Workshops are participatory I don't just lecture for 90 minutes while you try to stay awake.

He wandered round the world for several minutes trying to find something really large and finding everything small, till in sheer boredom he lay down on four or five prairies and fell asleep.

Maybe you should put down the Jeebus Juice for a minute and try to remember how to spell.

Try to place yourself in such a situation, just for a minute.

Jake Elsley, 21, said they continued singing for about ten minutes before realising they should try to «get out of the area», ensuring they kept «away from the windows».

Sometimes I try imagining that I'm locked a cell for those 90 - minutes.

You need to get off your couch, brush the potato chips off your chest, lay off beating your wife for 5 minutes, and try getting at least a hundred yards or more outside the front door of your trailer and see a bit of the world.

The worst case was when I tried to fix a problem for weeks under pressure and finally remembered to sit back and pray, and realized in a few minutes that the problem was not in my part of the technology at all, and I was able to locate the person who was able to fix it very quickly.

But really, when you consider how much praise and attention is heaped on lyric writers, its astonishing how rare it is for any of its great exponents to try to dig a little deeper (or at least ramble on a little longer) than a three minute pop song allows.

Hi Sam Thank you for this post, I have something to share with you and I need help One week ago, I've meet a homeless he sleeps on the street, I woke him up, and told him that I'll buy food, he told me that he also wants cigarettes So I bought cigarettes, sandwich and a soft drink I gave him all these, and tried to talk with him; I asked if he is cold to bring him a cover, he said «No», he took cigarettes and said he do nt need food, he wants only to smoke and drink alcohol, after a minute I left and I heard him talking to the grocer and he told him to take food and to give him cigarettes and lighter in exchange!

Just for 1 minute try to imagine if every soul choose this way to BE... i don't think we, as a race would be on our own 10 yard line of Spirtual Evolution anymore.

Try leaving his faith out if it for a minute.

while breifly going thru this artical it was makeing my stomach turn, this is just what the devil wants is for doubt and confusion, christianity is growing stronger than ever, souls are being saved and lives are changing every day, and do nt for one minute think any different, or try tp put christians down, why would we loose faith, god answers our prayers everyday, think what you want and do what you do, but do nt try to put things in other people's opinion or minds, jesus died for our sins, so that we can have better lives and be forgiven for our sins here on earth and move on to a beter place, becouse souls do nt die «read the bible, if you do nt understand it, find a church that can help you learn a better way of life, I pray for everyone out there that does nt know jesus christ as ther savior to accept what he has to offer to you «love forgiveness and ever lasting life «Christians» stay strong and [ass the word of god on and share all your tedtimonies in life» god bless everyone»»

The volunteers pray with callers for 5 to 10 minutes, then try to connect them to a local church.

Here are some additional communication exercises which many couples find useful in sharpening their skills in transmitting meanings: (a) Look in each other's eyes for at least a full minute and, without words, try to read what the other is feeling.

I agree with Bill Maher, but then again I'm a lifelong atheist... I have never believed for one minute that the god as portrayed in the bible or koran has any possibility of being real to everyone, otherwise that god would make itself obvious and not hide behind man made lies and cultural practices that self perpetuate thanks fo fear... otherwise there would not be several thousand man made religions trying to claim that god as their own... yes, it is an opinion, only valid to the opinion holder and no one else... Bill, thanks for so strongly making that point, not that it makes any difference to god fearing people... they will hold on to their opinion as strongly as they hold on to their shotgun, thinking that each provides them with some form of security... to intelligent people, neither is secure and neither leads to true freedom of the mind...

Though Coover painstakingly researched his subjects, he has compounded the impact of his borrowings from history with fantastic excursions: the executions at Sing Sing Prison, for example, are transposed to Times Square; Richard Nixon is fancifully shown trying to win favor with Uncle Sam by extracting a last - minute confession from Ethel Rosenberg, only to make love to her instead; Nixon's fictionalized reward is his sodomization by Uncle Sam.

I ask a friend of mine, aged six, and she thinks about this For a whole minute, looking down in the grass for words, And she says, The time I tried to make a coat for a mouse From spider - weFor a whole minute, looking down in the grass for words, And she says, The time I tried to make a coat for a mouse From spider - wefor words, And she says, The time I tried to make a coat for a mouse From spider - wefor a mouse From spider - webs.

Now, can you try not believing in Jesus for five minutes?

At this point add in all the berries and leave to cook on a gentle heat for another 5 minutes, trying not to stir them too much so the berries hold their shape.

Try giving it a good stir once it's been in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

I tried these and leave them on a stove for about 8 minutes and they were still raw inside I don't know what I made badly, because I followed your instructions.

Hi Dana, as all ovens can slightly vary, perhaps try cooking them for a few extra minutes.

I used brown rice flour for these and they taste really good although I cooked mine for 50 minutes and they still weren't fully cooked on the inside, but I think I have a bad oven or something lol because baking recipes I try never come out how they are supposed to