Sentence examples for tick over nicely from inspiring English sources

David Lean and Stanley Kubrick's 1960s movies are epoch-defining classics and doubtless tick over nicely in DVD rental and TV airings, but neither dead director was breaking box office records this past decade.

"We were ticking over nicely," she says, "though we had stretched ourselves quite hard.

Joe's take: Paolo DelPiccolo College: Louisville Position: Central Midfielder MLS Player Comparison: Juninho The skillful two-way midfielder keeps things ticking over nicely in the central areas.

By the time the Red Bulls had begun to deal with the threat of Pappa, they'd forgotten to track the runs from deep of Dempsey and Co. Seattle are ticking over nicely again.

Compared with America's scratchy relations with Russia and China, or its wars and near-wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East, or with the economic shockwaves that might cross the Atlantic from a collapsing euro zone, its relations with Latin America Venezuelaa's tiresome Hugo Chávez apart) look to be ticking over nicely.

Don't get me wrong, I like a plot that ticks over nicely, and "12 Monkeys" hums along at a reasonable pace; its pilot is pleasingly energetic and efficient.

FROM the outside, Britain's economy looks as if it is ticking over nicely.

GM's campaign was a great success, keeping sales ticking over nicely.

Although it was ticking over nicely when I visited early on a Wednesday evening, with a young, studenty crowd.

On the other hand, a strong but (alas!) unsuccessful challenge by Mr Clark would keep the Clinton machinery ticking over nicely.

He is not as hands on now as he once was but his Wincobank gym is ticking over nicely under the stewardship of his sons.