Sentences with phrase «within an inch of»

They voted on whether to take a bonus when the company came within an inch of hitting its profitability targets.

So what can you do to profit when the defense budget is draining every taxpayer within an inch of their life?

2016 featured a $ 2 billion box office from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and four other films that either hit $ 1 billion or came within inches of that mark.

He must think there would be a moral duty to beat the man to within an inch of his life, to sodomize him, to do much else besides.

Xtianity is not an Innocent in the History of the World, most especially in places like Africa, the Asia's and here in the USA where like elsewhere Natives peoples were persecuted to within an inch of their lives and cultures!

But in town it was well known when they got home at night their fat psychopathic wives would thrash them within inches of their lives!»

I feel like everything I say has to be edited within an inch of its life, I'm worried about who I will offend, I edit and edit until I have said absolutely nothing.

Here is God's rule for beating your slaves to within an inch of their ilves: «When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.

Johnfom — «Because although you are correct that the church (people known as followers of Jesus who gather together) need love, nurture and encouragement, the Church (institutional and political entity) needs to be criticised to within an inch of it's life, and, for me, preferably an inch or two further than that.»

Because although you are correct that the church (people known as followers of Jesus who gather together) need love, nurture and encouragement, the Church (institutional and political entity) needs to be criticised to within an inch of it's life, and, for me, preferably an inch or two further than that.

People who think like them have a bad habit of coming around and totally disrespecting any boundaries except their own, and emotionally and spiritually bludgeoning folks to within an inch of their lives.

He was falsely accused, arrested, slapped, spit on, had His beard pulled out of His face, sent to court where though no guilt was found was sentenced to be beaten to within an inch of HIs life, struck with rods, whipped with a weapon that had sharp bones and different pieces tore large chuncks of flesh off, drug back to court wearing a robe which when the blood dried to it became its own bit of torture, the first beating not good enough so sentenced to die, had a crown of thorns pressed down into his skull causing much more blood loss, beaten some more, forced to carry an extremely heavy wood beam as he marched toward His death, whipped and beaten along the way, had huge nails driven through His hands and feet, and had a shoulder separated.

But she always prepared them in a very old - school Southern way — sautéed in pork fat, salt and vinegar and then cooked down to within an inch of their lives.

Kale is so delicious when it's prepared properly, meaning covered in bacon and massaged within an inch of its life.

I made yummy chocolate cream cheese frosting (see recipe at bottom), and frosted that dome to within an inch of its life (and actually probably about an inch thick).

I love decorating the entire house within an inch of its life.

And then you need to bake the crackers to within an inch of their lives - dark, dark golden.

Braciole is small rounds of beef, flattened to within an inch of their lives, stuffed and rolled with all manner of flavor goodness, quickly browned in a frying pan, and then simmered in tomato sauce for hours until it simply melts under the weight of a fork.

Don't blame me, who wouldn't be a little irked at being forcible fed cauliflower that has been boiled to within an inch of its and my life!

You can scrub pots and pans within an inch of their lives, but if they have even a crumb of allergen left over, it's possible it will stick on your nice, allergy - free dough.

Swansea came within inches of levelling when Sigurdsson lifted a ball over the top for Andre Ayew, who scored the winning goal in September's reverse fixture.

Filtered, heated, treated, water turquoised to within an inch of its life, you read about it here first.

Watford had just come within an inch of going 2 - 1 ahead when Tottenham charged up the other end and snatched the points through a delicate Son flick which nutmegged ex-Spurs keeper Heurelho Gomes.

South Korea had come within inches of taking an Asia Cup final lead against Australia.

The masked raider made his way into the penalty area in the 88th minute, evading security to put Chelsea within inches of the biggest prize.

The hair — coiffed to within an inch of elegance, then coiffed well beyond — tells you all you need to know.

Rally fans are known for being quite a bit braver than most motorsport fans and none more so than this guy who came within inches of Jari - Matti Latvala's VW while trying to get the perfect photo at Rally Poland.

In my day we were horse whipped to within an inch of our lives before training.

On Sunday, with his friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes watching from the stands, Beckham (below) showed he can still compete at soccer's highest level, coming within inches of scoring on three different free kicks.

These guys came within inches of taking down Team Wilneff in a game that will be remembered after the Summer & 2) not sure if Team Wilneff is totally and completely on the same page just yet.

Bardi returned to Frosinone for the 2016 - 17 season after spending the second half of the previous campaign there, but unlike during those six months he was signed to be their undisputed first - choice keeper, and so he put in a good campaign that helped the Ciociari come to within an inch of promotion to Serie A.

The 2011 winners then threatened to run riot as Messi came within inches of a second, but Spartak were level just before the half hour when Emenike's dangerous cross could only be turned into his own net by Alves.

He displayed brilliant technique in coming within inches of curling the ball into the top corner from the edge of the box.

Brighton came within inches of getting back into the game as Propper gave dive to make contact with Gross» cross from the right.

Daley - Mclean made it a four point lead on 70 minutes but France came within an inch of scoring what surely would have been a match winning try when Bourdon's cross field kick made life difficult for Ellie Kildunne.

And it was the visitors who again came within inches of scoring as Matt Phillips crossed from the right - hand side, but Janmaat did enough to prevent Jay Rodriguez from scoring at the near post.

A win in Bergamo would take Juventus to within inches of the Scudetto but Serie A surprise package Atalanta are enjoying an extraordinary season of their own...

First defender Mats Hummels came within inches of breaking the deadlock with a curling effort that just went wide and then Franck Ribery forced David Soria into a save with a curling effort.

My child probably doesn't need to be bundled up within an inch of his life to play outside in the winter.

Big, strong, can beat your ass within an inch of your life, The Rock.

Before he started school I made sure Leo had his hair chopped smart, he had brand spanking new shiny shoes and a uniform ironed to within an inch of it's life.

«Children will be walking or riding their bikes within inches of cars,» she said.

They thrash about, even when swaddled to within an inch of their lives.

The scrum was meant to look spontaneous but was in fact engineered to within an inch of its life.

Addressing reporters outside his home in an appearance my colleague Nicholas Watt said was «engineered to within an inch of its life, Johnson said he took the decision «after a huge amount of heartache».

11:53 - Stephen Crabb, Wales Office minister, has one of those beards which looks like it's been trimmed to within an inch of its life.

Several grown men were standing within inches of the attack but none of them made a move to help the woman.

«Look at Ed Miliband — I watched Question Time, and if ever there was a politician who was media - trained to within an inch of his life... I had to turn it off.»

She's an excellent candidate within a inch of winning and the head of the Dems in NYS does... NOTHING.

Both the north and south campuses of the hospital had flood waters come within inches of their buildings.