Sentences with phrase «would walk about»

People everywhere in the world would walk about boasting things like, «Hey I'm Canadian on my mother's side» or some such thing.

Anyways, my school didn't have a gym so every friday we would walk about 15 minutes to a local community centre and alternate between swimming, indoor gym class, and skating (in the winter).

You'd walk about in your sweat pants and slippers all night.

I had walked about 2o minutes and stumbled upon a Whole Foods I didn't know was there (on Grand I think?).

Cespedes has walked about as much in his 2,435 career plate appearances as Joey Votto did last year, but he makes up for that lack of discipline with otherworldly athleticism and strength.

One part of my job is to skim other magazines to keep an eye on what Health's competitors are up to, so earlier this week I hopped on the treadmill to do some browsing; 20 minutes later I had walked about 2000 steps... almost without noticing it.

I wore this look with booties during the day in Rome (we must have walked about 10 miles!)

She and the extended family had walked about sixteen kilometers from their home village to the shrine, bearing all kinds of gifts for Togbe.

Not exact matches

«I knew when I was eighty that I would never, for example, think about why I walked away from my 1994 Wall Street bonus right in the middle of the year at the worst possible time.

STEVE Carre has walked both sides of the business street - in big and small firms - and believes there's a touch of arrogance about the former's failure to recognise the value of the latter.

I would offer a rain check in those cases, only after walking them through some questions about what was going on in their lives, trying to understand any current hurdles or pain points that could turn into a need I could help fulfill.

Talk about ups and downs: Bill Bartmann grew up poor, was no stranger to booze or gangs, had a bad accident and was told he'd never walk again, got rich, went broke, and is now on the rise.

But the image of the First Lady in stiletto heels as she walked to Air Force One had already made the rounds on social media, with some opining about the optics of wearing expensive footwear to visit a state ravaged by the worst flooding in its history.

Pretty much from his first statements as governor in 2013 — that's about $ 100,000 ago in real estate appreciation terms — through to last week when the bank released its latest financial system review, Poloz has walked a tightrope between admitting that elevated house prices and debt levels pose a risk to the economy, and assuring Canadians that the likelihood of a crash is actually pretty low.

«We still discuss each deal internally before walking away,» she says, «because we want to think about the long - term value that partnership would bring.»

«When I graduated from Georgetown in 2012, I walked away with more than just a Master's degree — I also had about $ 20,000 in student loans and another $ 5,000 in credit card debt.

When I walked into meetings with business owners, I told them about the knives I had to sell.

Having your hands free means you can walk around, use your hands as you normally would when you speak, more easily refer to a note... and you won't have to worry about making sure you hold the phone in the optimal position for call clarity.

When a customer tweeted the company asking for clarification about a fee policy, JetBlue not only immediately responded, but also had a local representative study this man's social media photo, then walk through the airport until he could be found for a follow - up conversation.

The non-insulated pocket on the back is quite useful for carrying sunscreen, cell phone and keys as it zippers closed so you don't have to worry about dropping your valuables as you walk.

«Having someone who is thinking about you when you're on your walk home, is going to make sure you come home that night, is a huge part,» he said.

Mining giant BHP Billiton has contributed about half a million dollars towards the construction of a walk trail on Rottnest Island, making it the largest contribution to the island by a corporate entity.

So, it's not so much about the act of walking over burning hot coals, but about having people face and overcome something in spite of fear.

«So then I just thought about standing and suddenly I just had no idea, I couldn't function to walk.»

After all, what Gordon thinks about when he walks his dog would terrify most people — unless they secretly desire to live like Mad Max.

Meanwhile, Uber will have to walk carefully as it tries to hire more women, who currently make up about 22 % of the company's leadership.

Since the 1946 strike, Stelco workers have walked off the job about once every decade.

After these purchases, we would have about $ 1 trillion left over for walking - around money (no sense feeling strapped after this buying binge).

«It's kind of surreal: I spent years in bed dreaming about walking in the woods and walking on the beach and putting a golf ball, never believing it would happen,» Reynolds, now 45, says.

«We realized that uniforms with our logo would be like a walking advertisement in front of our customers about 100 times a day,» says Steve.

As an individual, Agrawal has been outspoken about her politics (she posted publicly about her support for Secretary Clinton during the campaign and she walked in last month's Women's March on Washington), but her brand also keeps a regular political dialogue with its followers.

You need to think about who greets customers the minute they walk through the door, the experience they have when they call your company, or the tone of a newsletter or e-mail and what messages your website communicates.

When I was walking around in these, it occurred to me that these are ideal shoes for people who travel for work, as you'd be able to go from running up and down airport concourses right into meetings, without worrying about getting blisters or tired feet.

He would walk for hours just thinking and thinking about things.»

Now I'm pretty sure that plenty of staff have walked by these trays but done nothing about them.

Though my guards bustled me about rapidly to keep me from becoming a sitting target for kidnappers, they did take me for an hour's walk on the Lido, one of the most beautiful strands of fine - grained, wave - washed white sand I've ever seen, lined by formerly luxurious villas, not one of which had retained four intact walls or glass in their windows.

What's special about it is that people walk out of the stores without buying anything — they still have to purchase the clothes online and have them delivered.

Fifty minutes later, I've walked 1.2 miles, without even thinking about it — until I get an email from an acquaintance down the hall with the subject «Got ta ask»: «Are you going to be working at a treadmill desk all week?

Just about every human being who has ever walked the planet in fact does have the right to expect great outcomes but most don't ever do so, simply because they don't believe they truly can.

«People make judgments about you... within less than a second so make sure when you walk in — even if you're nervous — you have that big smile ready to go,» she says.

According to Walk, just about any business can benefit from applying the simple principle behind Page's approach: ask what would you have to do differently if you were trying to improve by ten times instead of by ten percent.

We all need to try as best we can to walk in one another's shoes, to imagine what it would be like to sit our son or daughter down and have the talk about how carefully they need to act around police because the slightest wrong move could get them hurt or even killed.

«We walk into a store and people know our name, ask us personal questions, and tell us how great we look in a particular pair of shoes...» This got them to consider how we can transfer this experience to the digital landscape, something we know they've been thinking about.

The most successful ads, he says, have been those with a more DIY approach — like a video of a guy walking through a warehouse, dropping f - bombs and cracking jokes about his no - nonsense shaving products.

Sure, it might offend some people, but Nike's marketing has always been about walking that fine line.

Alberta - based Gear Energy Ltd pumps about 7,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and recently had an Asian customer walk away from an agreement to buy crude after failing to secure a way to ship oil to the West Coast.

He was also a dog lover (one of the few times he spoke to this magazine was for a piece about dogs) and when he didn't own one, Ken would spend time at the Toronto Humane Society walking the impounded pups.

When asked about Carpool Arabia's methodology when choosing its investors, de Terssac candidly admits that it wasn't a walk in the park, saying, «Choosing is maybe a luxury you have in Silicon Valley, but here, it's more about who is crazy enough to invest in an early stage tech venture, rather than buying another apartment in Dubai Marina.»

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When asked about it now, he repeats flatly that the incident just didn't happen and passes on the chance to walk back his remarks: I don't know if I would do anything differently.