Sentences with phrase «up to hours upon»

The barking and whining can last up to a few minutes or even up to hours upon hours.

Not exact matches

This is because there hasn't been a so - called «killer app» that keeps people interested enough to spend hours upon hours wired up to their headsets.

Although she doesn't run right to the office upon waking up at 4:30 a.m., Warrior spends an hour on email, reads the news, works out and gets her son ready for school.

Shallenberger spent hours upon hours figuring out which suppliers needed to be paid, which customers needed to pay up, and which rugs were where.

Still, when you seed a station with a song, rather than an artist, and use the thumbs - up or thumbs - down ratings to guide the system, you end up with hours upon hours of very good radio.

Tesla Motors saw its shares shoot up by 5 percent to $ 212.05 each in after - hours trading upon the release of its third quarter results.

I bet you have never had to line up for healthcare for hours upon hours.

Acts 10:9 «On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:»

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

She innocently slipped a quarter into the Pac - Man slot, curled her fingers around the controls, held the bright red ball of the joy stick firmly against her palm, and there she remained — hour upon hour, quarter after quarter, desperately trying to keep her Pac - Man out of the voracious jaws of four different - colored and deceptively cute - looking monsters; trying to make him eat up the dots on the «table» and down the bunches of fruit which occasionally appeared; and sporadically trying to make him turn the monsters into frightened blue turn - tails by eating «energizing dots» — all of this in an attempt to build up points for the owner of the increasingly blistered hand.

I seem to remember incessant screaming at ungodly hours, being thrown up upon, never getting anything done and staggering wearily through the day with a soiled spot on the shoulder of my jacket.

After an hour of waiting anxiously to savor my creation, I scooped up the bubbly goodness into a bowl and upon tasting the first bite with its brown crispy crust and tangy creamy cheese, was transported back to a time of comfort and bliss, when I didn't have a care in the world, a simpler time and place that seemed long gone from today in my stressful, fast - paced city life.

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In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

The big game is upon us in just a couple of hours and we just have to believe that Arsene Wenger will have his team ready and set up to beat Tottenham in this early kick - off.

Ireland were almost level on the quarter hour mark, Daley - Mclean's loose pass being seized upon by Nicole Cronin who scampered up the left wing but Kelly Smith was able to haul her down.

Not only did we face critique from her obstetrician, but I also spent hours upon hours researching her scenario to offer her the most up - to - date informed consent.

Once the orders are in, Leona and her team set up a snack station stocked with smiley donuts and sugary treats to fuel them through hours of packing boxes upon boxes upon boxes.

Based upon the business rules of your bank this may take up to 72 hour or longer to be processed.

This can be every two to three hours or a diaper could last six hours, depending upon how hot or cold it is and if the baby sleeps right through it does not make sense to wake them up for a diaper change.

She actually, we ended up being re-admitted to the hospital about 24 hours after we were discharged upon delivery.

Last year we took our case on zero hours contracts to the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions — and now they've taken up the mantle, and called upon the chief representative of the UK to the EU, alongside several other countries, to do something about it.

The suit weighs 50.7 pounds (23 kilograms) and is powered by a 100 - volt AC battery (that lasts up to five hours, depending upon how much energy the suit exerts).

After investing hours upon sweating hours in the gym to swell up those muscles, you've finally came to the stage where you can throw away all your medium T - shirts replacing them with the more respectable L - size.

During my first pregnancy I felt like I spent hours upon hours trying to research all of the information that is summed up beautifully in Real Food for Pregnancy.

I read it can take up to 30 - 40 hours upon ingestion for food to completely be digested and expelled, so I do look back that far?

One meta - analysis of nearly 700 published studies showed that both adults and children who are short sleepers have an increased risk of obesity.1 In a different study, 12 men were allowed a full night of sleep (8 hours) followed by a partial night of sleep (4 hours); after the latter, the men were hungrier upon waking up and ate more during the day (22 %).2 Acute partial sleep leads to increased serum levels of ghrelin (a hunger hormone) and decreased levels of leptin (a satiety hormone).

I've never cooked chicken broth for more than 3 to 4 hours and it ALWAYS sets up firm as Jell - O upon being refrigerated.

These individuals may still be able to fast for 12 and up to 16 hours daily depending upon how stable they are able to get their blood sugar levels.

And now that summer is upon us, I know folks will begin stocking up on summertime essentials to protect them from the heat and stay hydrated and smelling fresh when they're outdoors for hours.

Initially it came out awesome and I didn't have to use a whole lot of product but it didn't hold throughout the day immediately upon going outside after an hour my hair was frizzing up.

It boasts of a large user base and one of the best sites to sign up and log right in to search for members instead of having to spend hours upon hours of filling out lengthy questionnaires.

Imagine that you spend hours upon hours of searching and scouring the web for a new friend, date, hookup or even a spouse, only to give without really achieving anything up to that point.

This can lead you to end up searching for hours upon hours instead of being able to go right after what you want.

I still sank hours upon hours into Lara Croft GO, seeking out hidden treasures and trying to solve its very clever puzzles, and I have no hesitation in saying that if you have a Vita, you should pick it up, too.

But things soon begin to look up for this klutzy kid once she stumbles upon a mysterious blue flower that grants her magical powers for 12 hours, and the broomstick she needs to clean the house suddenly whisks her away to a floating school of witchcraft and wizardry.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Disney has released two versions of Atlantis: The Lost Empire on DVD, one with extra features and one without, and while I was glad to be exploring the former, it's difficult to imagine that the film has any fans rabid enough to gobble up the hours upon hours of supplementary material.

While once upon a time being laid up with illness meant acquainting yourself with the pleasures of daytime TV or late - night infomercials (depending on what hours your ailment kept you up), nowadays the infirm have a whole universe of streaming options at their disposal to keep them company while they get well.

What once took hours upon hours of spreadsheet manipulation, copying, and e-mailing now takes a few minutes to provide finger - tip access to the most up - to - date and relevant data.

They will buy the books you want to read during your holiday and have them awaiting you in the room upon check in In order to have one or a bunch of books waiting in your room, simply call the front desk up to 24 hours in advance.

A single charge lasts up to two months with wireless off based upon a half - hour of daily reading time.

A 3,000 mAh battery will power the Nook Tablet 7 upon release, taking up to three hours to charge through a micro-USB port.

External - Micro SD card up to 32 GB AC Power - Built - in rechargeable battery - 3.7 V (R) DC Battery Life (Approx)- A single charge lasts up to two months with wireless off based upon a half - hour of daily reading time.

I spend HOURS UPON HOURS trying to think of ways to make it easier to set up your author platform to make it easier for you to promote yourself and your work.

This gives users 50 % more rewards points for their bookings, an additional 1,000 bonus points upon each booking, and the guarantee that a room will be available to you, up to 48 hours before you need it.

Upon submitting the form, you will receive an email within 24 hours and a follow up call from a Telemedicine administrator to find out more about your current imaging system.

15 year old, neutered 18 lb siamese cat; found prone, responsive but unable to lift his head emergency animal hospital performed all primary diagnostics: blood test, x ray, abdominal sonogram, urinalysis: nothing abnormal after 24 hours at hospital, they started him on steroids and antibiotics; 48 hours later, he is scooting around, able to raise and hold his head up and eat / drink; still can't get up upon release, he continues to show improvement on third day, but still unable to stand up vets have no idea what it is hoping my dear boy recovers I'm with him 24/7, feeding him, administering meds, and keeping him clean his vision is compromised; he reacts if a hand comes towards him suddenly, but will not make eye contact he does not seem to be in any pain

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