Sentence examples for managing to keep a from inspiring English sources

By mid-afternoon, they were managing to keep a step ahead of the voters.

Once again I hear Michael Corleone just managing to keep a lid on his frustration as he asks me: "Who's being naive, Kay?" I mean, really … at least you could believe the football, even if it was happening in Qatar.

The rest could be discharged by the industry itself, he added, holding up the PCC as a model of what self-regulation can achieve — and managing to keep a straight face while he did so.

Meanwhile the two male leads – Benedict Nelson's Algernon and Paul Curievici's Jack – give full value, Irish dancing and all, managing to keep a straight face no matter how absurd the positions they find themselves in.

Metcalf's perfectly overwrought delivery gets a huge laugh from the audience, but the bigger laugh comes after Barr, who, just managing to keep a straight face, says, "Well, the important thing is that you voted".

Marcella is managing to keep a poker face about that discovery, but the fact that the team are doing tests on the blood found at Grace's house doesn't bode well, nor does the fact that whizzkid techie Mark has spotted that Marcella was looking at the CCTV records for Grace's road before her body was discovered.

So far, we've managed to keep a happy balance".

"How do you manage to keep a work-life balance?" one attendee asked.

They managed to keep a joint delegation together at the ceasefire talks in Cairo.

"Wayne Rooney has managed to keep a consistency and sharpness," said Taylor.

Despite the obstacles, Ms. Walker manages to keep a happy, loving relationship with Patrick.