Sentences with phrase «when toeing the line»

Breaking the British half - marathon record hadn't been on Susan Tooby's radar when she toed the line at the 1988 Great North Run, but her training in the preceding months ensured she was capable of sustaining a blistering pace.

And that's just the first of the many thoughts I had when I toed the line at my very first race, the NYCRUNS Queens Half Marathon, just a few short weeks ago.

But when you toe the line for a big race or you're in the middle of a high - stakes game, are you able to stay connected with the present moment?

There were times when I toed this line during my weight loss journey.

Not exact matches

Engel also said toeing this line gave her room to really assert herself when she felt something was important.

-- This whole throwing mud at people because they toe the line at sexual sin, seems pretty devilish, and the deception that you do all this wonderful work for the poor while others do nothing, or at least the bragging of it (which you also see is not happening with those whom Christ commends «when did we do this?»)

So when I felt any pressure or even a suggestion that I should toe the line, I would rebel.

It toes the line of magic and sets most up for disappointment when it is ok to say you do not know or have never witnessed a miracle firsthand.

But, when members of the government start shutting down businesses because the proprietors don't toe the politically correct line, I think that is an obvious transgression of American liberty.

When your playing a silly game with a bat and ball you bring him out, you thank him when you move a pig skin across a line, you stamp his name on my currency, you tell my children about him in our public schools, you trot him out like a prized pig at a fair anytime something good or bad or even mediocre happens, and even when you stub your When your playing a silly game with a bat and ball you bring him out, you thank him when you move a pig skin across a line, you stamp his name on my currency, you tell my children about him in our public schools, you trot him out like a prized pig at a fair anytime something good or bad or even mediocre happens, and even when you stub your when you move a pig skin across a line, you stamp his name on my currency, you tell my children about him in our public schools, you trot him out like a prized pig at a fair anytime something good or bad or even mediocre happens, and even when you stub your when you stub your toe.

I've been warned by more people than I can count that if I don't say just the right thing, if I don't toe the party line when it comes to sexuality, I could lose speaking engagements, book deals, readers, even fellowship with other believers.

I'll hold the door for others, say «Bless you» when people sneeze, let people cut in line at the stores... but if I don't toe the line in this «God» business, I need to be dictated to by those who do?

Something else I've noticed is that Antetekounmpo has his toe over the line when lining up to rebound a FT every time.

We went toe to toe with Chelsea and they got us on a blunder and once on a high line when we were trying to pressure, shit happens.

When his big right foot begins its swing, his toe passes out of bounds over the end line and comes back in to connect with a slam that can blast the ball as fast as 70 mph.

Although no team wants to continually toe the line between in the Chase or out, the No. 4 Stewart - Haas Racing team thrives when in a corner.

When we return from Spring Break, they will go toe to toe with Team DKE FR1 in Softball with the # 1 Ranking on the line!

When one of the top distance runners from the Seychelles toed the line for the 800m heats this morning at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, little did he know that he would become the biggest talking point of the event so far.

Gilibrand gave up her principles when she became Senator, toeing the line with Schumer to do Chairman MaObama's bidding.

When a trusted leader speaks, followers believe him and toe the line of wisdom.

Toeing the same line, counsel to Sylva, Chief Ladi Williams (SAN), said the only law applicable for determination of the governors» tenure is the law in existence when the cause of action arose.

This is unsurprising when you consider the point at which Corbyn's campaign really took off: when all three other candidates opted to toe the party line, as mandated by caretaker leader Harriet Harman, and abstain from voting on the second reading of the government's welfare bill.

When the Senate rejected gay marriage in 2009, Alesi toed his party's line, but he held his head in visible distress, in part because it felt like a betrayal of his friend Thomas Duane, the Senate's only openly gay member.

Yet the bottom line here is that Heastie, who was willing to disagree with the UFT back when he was just another Assembly member, will now toe the union line as speaker.

The late Wilt Chamberlain, for instance, could shoot a basket from just about anywhere on the court — except when he toed up to the line 15 feet from the hoop.

When I toe the line of any race, I always repeat to myself something my dad told me right before my first race: Believe, achieve.

When emotions ride high and intuition goes out the window, hear what our running experts have to say on whether you should — or shouldn't — toe the line.

Begin in a strong lunge position, making sure your front knee is in line with your front foot, and when you bend it stays at a 90 degree angle and the knee doesn't end up beyond the toe.

When I'm squatting or doing deadlifts or kettlebell swings, I try to line my toes up on a line.

When your feet land just behind what we call this Power Line, you can see how my heels now are lower than the balls of my feet, makes me find balance in the balls of my feet and the big toe, but capture the full power of the heel.

Try the squat test: Placing a chair in front of you (mouth facing you) line up the edge of the seat so when you look down your feet are parallel and toes line up with the front edge.

«Think about the lines from your hip to your big toe, and the shape that you're making between your knees when you're in plié.

Without moving your shoulders, walk your feet back until your weight is supported on your hands and toes only, with your shoulders, hips, knees and ankles all forming a straight line (when viewed from the side).

But when we made this line, it wasn't with the mindset of, «you need to wear these pieces exactly the way we would, head - to - toe.»

The pointed toe and lower chunked heel helps this vertically challenged girl It creates a longer visual line when styled.

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There's a fine line any performer must tip - toe between characterization and impersonation when bringing a historical figure to the screen and Portman understands the delicate balance better than most.

She conveys the fanaticism of a zealot in her belief in the infallibility of the Ministry, as her eyes go cold and blank like a shark when faced with a student who won't toe the line.

Teachers have plenty of «voice» except maybe when they run afoul of the union for not toeing the party line.

Supporting Dr. Noguera's view of authorizing, even when he made decisions that didn't sit well with charter school opponents, would keep an ally who knows how to toe the line in the authorizer's chair.

Even if you think heel - toeing is a line dancing maneuver at Bob's Country Bunker, the seven - speed manual automatically matches revs when downshifting.

When authors stop signing contracts and then announce they are making as much, if not more, by selling direct to their customers (via Amazon / iTunes / etc), will those remaining trad pub authors still toe the line and defend their masters at all costs?

Regulation is key when selecting a top Forex broker because the regulator makes sure the online brokerage business toe the line.

Well, those records, which include thousands of inspection reports for thousands of facilities like zoos, laboratories and commercial breeders, have been used to ensure that responsible parties toe the line when it comes to caring for the animals in these facilities.

At a time when most critically - acclaimed work was either dryly conceptual or over-whelmingly expressionistic, Benglis was making work that was concerned with the body, in particular the female body, and toed the thin line between beauty and repulsion.

At a time when most critically - acclaimed work was either dryly conceptual or overwhelmingly expressionistic, Benglis was making work that was concerned with the body, in particular the female body, and toed the thin line between beauty and repulsion.

When confused, many end up actually toeing the line for the very power structure they claim to be fighting against.

And JQ, your failure to provide any evidence to back up your nasty, unwarranted attack on me and other people who don't toe the AGW line has gone past pathetic, and is rapidly becoming hilarious... when are you going to provide a list of the evidence you are accusing me of denying?

But he toed the parety line very tightly, except when he admitted, in response 7, that global warming wasn't, in fact, erm, global:

But when it comes down to it, we don't care to peer into Marshall's head in search of psychological peculiarities that contribute to his political inclinations, his self - delusion, his low opinion of his fellow humans, his willingness to toe the green party line, to reinterpret cautious scientific findings as a sign of the imminent eco-Rapture, to fail to distinguish science from politics, or, indeed, his creepy habit of peering into the heads of anyone who disagrees with him.