Gimmes

If the landslide is big enough to net 7 or 8 seats, then we'll also get some "gimmes" in the lot, a couple of seats that are real longshots or complete shockers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even the actions I initially agreed with (invasion of Afghanistan), and seemed like "gimmes", they somehow managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. ❋ Unknown (2006)

To win the World Cup next year, they will need to win seven Tests in succession, although two of them should be "gimmes" against Russia and the US during the pool stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A list of participating merchants also will be included, offering Granville "gimmes" and discounts, ❋ MARLA K. KUHLMAN (2010)

Stoke, Bolton, wherever you go, there are no 'gimmes' in this division. ' ❋ Unknown (2010)

Overall, however, the authors of the GMAT do not want to ask you any questions that you'll definitely answer correctly - with only 37 quant and 41 verbal opportunities to separate you from your competition, they can't afford any "gimmes", and you shouldn't want that, either. ❋ Clear Admit (2010)

Even against the likes of West Brom and Middlesbrough - as close to 'gimmes' as we're going to get at the Bridge - we've not seen anyone different. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even then the few I could muster were not legitimate but mostly "gimmes" to compete with my cousins. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Head coach Mike Candrea's teachings of the process relies on progression, but there are no more 'gimmes' in which Arizona will be able to regain their confidence after a loss. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm as guilty as the next mom, though, of making life easy for my daughter -- I tidy up after her, and I fall victim to the "gimmes" when she asks for a doodad at the grocery store. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dawson, I also believe should have been in long ago, and this time, with no "gimmes" among first-timers on the ballot, should get in. ❋ Unknown (2009)

None of those games appear to be "gimmes," and Mark Mangino's squad needs to find its remedy quickly in the topsy turvy Big 12. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What the bills didn't include -- and what many lawmakers wanted -- were 'gimmes' for the airlines, in the forms of higher passenger fees. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But rather than allow the candidates open discussion or debate, or rather than use the opportunity to grill the candidates onthe real issues of endless war, dollar devaluation, wiretapping, warrantless searches, loss of habeas corpus & the burgeoning police state -- questions that need to be answered quickly in order for "America to be a greater place" -- Warren chose to lob religious "gimmes" like, "What does it mean to you to trust in Christ?" andtypical evangelical Balkanizers such as, "At what point does ababyget human rights?" ❋ Unknown (2008)

"gimmes" in the SOL Continental, and Valimont knows it. ❋ Unknown (2010)