Sentence examples for managed to bump from inspiring English sources

Still, Mr. Gore has managed to bump into several of his prospects along the campaign trail.

Before the writer left the destroyer, the French captain managed to bump into him, knocking him against the rail.

"It happened during the O. J. Simpson trial, and I managed to bump him off the news for a while," Mr. Mendes said.

Per Scholas's I.T. training managed to bump workers' wages by 26percentt after two years: an average increase of $3,746 per year.

Stephen Fry remained "very happy" with the news he's set to wed stand-up comic Elliott Spencer, despite the fact his husband-to-be managed to bump his Bentley while attempting to flee reporters surrounding his home yesterday.

We have never been told about the precise circumstances in which the UK nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard managed to bump into the French nuclear sub, Le Triomphant, in the middle of the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean a year ago, but it was fairly obviously not part of a co-operative exercise.

Similarly, the Kmart Corporation kept its stores open for 66 consecutive hours the weekend after Thanksgiving and offered shoppers numerous promotions, managing to bump sales up 8.4percentt compared with last year.

And he smiles when some old comrades as well as former sparring partners taunt him with becoming a "liberal libertarian".But even if he does manage to bump up the Greens' vote in France and make Mr Jospin pay more heed to them, is he really a man to do business with?

I managed to find the only bump.

Democrats took the offensive today and said they would remain on Capitol Hill as long as necessary this year to push their agenda, from overhauling managed care to bumping up the minimum wage.

There were some bumps and maybe even a few tears, but she persisted (and managed to find the fun), serving some on-point vocals as always. .