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We swept them, it was our goal.

Rhonda Jefferson

She kinda swept me off my feet. She's very positive for me.

Jason Berryman

And I don't think they've swept anyone in their history. Things are looking better now than three weeks ago, and I couldn't be more proud of my players.

Tim Chambers

We got swept. ... We are angry, disappointed, displeased. All those things. That's how it is when you lose.

Adrian Casanova

Losing that second game the way we did, it almost feels like we've been swept. That's a tough loss.

Adam Laroche

According to the dog's owner, they had been walking along the beach when Harriet ran into the river mouth to greet an approaching boat when she suddenly appeared overcome by the strong currents and was rapidly swept away into the sea.

Craig Lambinon

It's an attempt to do speaking opera. What I'm doing can work against the melodrama and the music, and parody the melodrama. In the love scenes, the men are picked up by the women ? the men are swept off their feet ? so I can get a lot of comedy from it. It's a comedy of opposition.

Lee Breuer

Last time we played, we swept all of the singles' matches and dropped the doubles. Today it was a little bit of both.

Kent Jorgensen

Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things.

Peter Weir

We just didn't get the clutch hits when we needed to, and we didn't play strong defense. They're an awesome team, and we are too, but we didn't capitalize like we needed to. It's a tough loss to get swept at your home field. You never want to do that.

Lindsey Cameron

In 2002 the men swept the podium for the U.S., and that's the day snowboarding became a sport. I went to get my hair done a week after, and there were ladies who were 60 in the salon who knew what it was. It was amazing.

Gretchen Bleiler

If you have 1,000 houses that are swept clean of their chemicals then it does become a big deal.

Aaron Scheff

The girls played really well. If we could have played half that well against Fallon, we would have swept them.

Joe Gallegos

I just tried to minimize him. I know now he is a great legend. I tried not to get swept up in the game early. I tried to play with my heart and win this ballgame. Everyone played well.

Mickael Pietrus

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

Edward G. Bulwer lytton

We picked up a lot of other points. We swept the javelin, picked up 18 points out of the pole vault.

Dave Ege

This culture of unity governments is a danger to democracy. We are being swept into an illogical political situation.

Amir Peretz

I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if it had not been for one thing, the remembrance of the time when my sainted mother used to make me kneel by her side, taking my little hands in hers, and caused me to repeat.

John Randolph

And all the good you've done will soon be swept away, You've begun to matter more than the things you say.

Tim Rice

They're showing signs of life, but I would caution investors not to get too swept away.

Bill Harding

We swept the doubles with some real smart play.

Mike Geffre

You put your trust in the church. You put your trust in the pastors. You don't expect things to be swept under the carpet or hidden.

Juan Vargas

It's like a giant arm just swept across the earth like sweeping things off a tabletop.

Donnie Kennair

Many feel that sitting at a screen sweating over the design of handrail details for the next cute downtown boutique hotel just doesn't make sense when more than 150,000 people have lost their lives, more than five million people have been made homeless and whole towns have been swept away.

Cameron Sinclair

Most of the benthic macroalgae were gone, giving reefs in the lower Keys a clean appearance not seen in years. Also missing were many elkhorn corals, sponges and urchins -- broken or swept away by the raw power of a storm surge that bent 18-inch steel I-beams.

David Holtz

Li's third in the 100 free was huge for us. I was very concerned about getting swept, but Peter snuck in there with a personal-best time and a sectional cut.

Mark Taffe

I know there's not usually second acts in American life, so it's nice to have a second plot. The first plot was alright, but this current plot, the kind of slow climb, is what we always wanted to do. We just kind of got swept up in another thing for a couple years.

Matthew Caws

Right now, people are being rescued off roof tops. Houses have been swept away. There's more devastation than I can imagine. I don't know what is going to happen to New Orleans. Right now, athletics are not that important.

Tommy Henry

Getting swept at Virginia, that's not a good thing. After (that) weekend, we kind of took it upon ourselves not to let it happen again. It worked out for us in the long run.

Josh Cribb

This was a great opening meet for the girls, as they swept Kennedy and North Salem in the first time outdoors this season.

Jack Power

And those containers is what did the damage. they came out of the port, swept through here with the storm surge, and just wiped out everything that was in front of them - just like a bulldozer.

David Mckenzie

A couple years ago, there was a school bus out there with a load of kids, and they were in the lighthouse when a big wave swept all the way around the lighthouse and turned the school bus on its side. Luckily, the kids were all inside the lighthouse.

Reg Pullen

We were pretty mad. It hurts to lose two games, and those games were real frustrating. We didn't want to get swept.

Nick Peoples

Get them a life jacket too. You get in those turbulent waters and you get swept under.

Guy Cables

It was absolutely the worst scene I've ever seen in my entire life, ... What I have seen so far of Hurricane Katrina's damage looks exactly the same, except for the loss of life. Everything just swept away.

Jack Meyer

I humbly accept this invitation to be an instrument of the people to seek change. Brazil is fed up with the wave of corruption that has swept the country, a country without a plan, with pathetic (economic) growth.

Geraldo Alckmin

ELYSIUM, n. An imaginary delightful country which the ancients foolishly believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the good. This ridiculous and mischievous fable was swept off the face of the earth by the early Christians - may their souls be happy in Heaven!

Ambrose Bierce

They would be swept up by custodial staff, ... I've often seen them on the streets, and wondered, 'Why is this little songbird dead on the street?' .

Adrian Benepe

The hottest red carpet looks are going to be swept off the face. Or a little slung bun or sexy pony tail. But definitely dressed up with some hot jewels.

Marc Anthony

The lawlessness that has swept the country must stop.

Laisenia Qarase

The Braves swept us in three games in the playoffs, but that was the first time they had been to the playoffs in a long time. Sammy Sosa was a great guy, a real free spirit. Then there was a media circus and a few negative things happened.

Jason Maxwell

Once the government told people it was their duty to go out and attack neighbors, it happened very quickly. It kind of snowballed. People committed violence and wanted others to do the same thing, and a kind of group conformity swept through.

Scott Straus

I can think of no other disease that would remain so low profile if such a high percentage of the population were struck by it. Mental health has been swept under the carpet for too long.

Markos Kyprianou

The missing climbers were swept and buried by the avalanche and our team have reported there is no hope of finding them alive.

Bikram Neupane

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

James A. Froude

He showed us the golden-haired doll, two feet in height at least, and dressed in silks and satins. A long 'Oh' swept from the little girls in the audience.

Roberta Childers

This was swept under the rug and nothing was done to help anybody. Not only did the school fail Patty, but Daniel as well.

Randy Tarum

We know teams are gunning for us. Especially after we swept South Alabama. We're a hot team right now, but we've got to go up there with the mindset that we're going to get a sweep or win the series.

Mike Felix

You don't want to get swept. My guys are not looking at (the game) toward wining the Cup. They want to get another win and have a successful season.

David Mitchell

A lot of the non-elite students get swept up in that, excited by, interested in it, and recruited by it.

Harry Watson

We set some high goals. We wanted to sweep everything. We came really close. If Kelly had landed on her feet on that last run we would have swept.

Bud Keene

People have to be aware of the dangers and the power of the sea and rivers. Lifebelts may be someone's last chance of survival if they are swept into the sea. For rescuers to find that they are missing must be very frustrating and terrifying.

Royal Society

Our hitting was good. We put the ball in play and hit the ball hard. It had been awhile since we swept a team. We are hoping to finish strong in the Apollo and pick ourselves up a little bit.

Karen Karch

It's always been much more widespread than anyone says, but it gets swept under the rug. We all know that fashion never looks under the rug, because it's not pretty there.

Long Nguyen

Hard-line Identity adherents believe that in order for Christ to return to Earth, the globe must be swept clean of satanic forces -- meaning Jews, homosexuals and a whole laundry list of other enemies.

Mark Potok

For the first time since the Watergate-era abuses, the NSA is spying on Americans again, and on a large scale. The Bush administration has swept aside nearly 30 years of rules and regulations and has secretly brought the NSA back into the business of domestic espionage.

James Risen

It was a slow day for us offensively. A split isn't what we came up here for, but it's better than (getting swept).

Jodi Hermanek

It will be difficult for the government to counter this. African institutions are now holding their leaders accountable. Zimbabwe's delinquency can no longer be swept under the carpet of African solidarity. This is peer review as it should be, and it makes grim reading.

Iden Wetherell

Our total February comparable-store sales results were significantly impacted by the major snowstorm that swept across much of the country in the middle of the month.

Arnold Zetcher

It's really operated to benefit guilty criminals. It doesn't do much for innocent suspects who are swept into the system.

Paul Cassell

How you adjust to [being swept] and how you come back from it is the important thing. I think this team has a lot of character and will respond the right way.

Brian O'connor

This was a big win for us, ... We didn't need to get swept by these guys.

Ryan Klesko

I had left home (like all Jewish girls) in order to eat pork and take birth control pills. When I first shared an intimate evening with my husband I was swept away by the passion (so dormant inside myself) of a long and tortured existence. The physical cravings I had tried so hard to deny finally and ultimately sated... but enough about the pork.

Roseanne Barr

People were getting swept along still on their motorbikes, ... There were cars that had been picked up by the storm surge and they were getting pushed down the road, taking things out as they went.

Simon Clark

We got swept (at San Diego) earlier in the year and we weren't going to let that happen again. There were things that went differently this weekend, but I think Austin did a good job of staying in there.

Nick Peoples

The Democrats will try to paint it (the Republican Party) as a whole corrupt operation and say they need to be swept out of office, top to bottom. This will give them some ammunition.

David Damore

We needed that (second) game. We didn't want to get swept. Winning that game says a lot about our character.

Stacy Baker

We didn't want anyone to get swept away trying to cross the bridge.

Michael Purcaro

We feel like certain decisions could have been made better. But nothing has been swept under the rug, and we are taking proper steps.

Barry Holcomb

I think the whole thing just needed swept away. It started again with somebody new just changing the emphasis. George [Burley] coming in at the same time as Mr Romanov and having no thoughts in his head about Celtic or Rangers has been a great help to them.

Craig Levein

The biggest thing was not coming in here and getting swept. That would have put a damper on where we?re trying to get to. We play these guys three more times. We knew that as long as we didn?t lose six times to these guys out of the last 20 games, we feel confident in our ability to win the East.

Doug Mirabelli

All we want to do is win one game. That's all we're thinking about now. We're not worried about history or winning four games in a row. We don't want to get embarrassed in front of our crowd. We don't want to get swept at home.

Darius Kasparaitis

We are in the same situation as them, so if either team gets swept this weekend it's going to be huge. We have our destiny in our own hands.

Michel Leveille

What? Little people aren't important anymore? America is made of little people. Small, hardworking people. Stability means a lot to people, and to have that swept away, that's just devastating.

Princess Wells

It's tough to get swept on your home field. It's a real disappointment of a weekend.

Lindsey Cameron

They first appeared about 1910 in the national brewing competition in Hiroshima. They swept the prizes. All the focus in the sake world went toward daiginjos.

Chris Pearce

The big thing was not coming in here and getting swept.

Doug Mirabelli

I knew it was foolish of them to stay there, ... I saw how Gulfport had absolutely nothing left. I looked at pictures of where his house might be, but there was nothing there. I was sure he got swept out to sea.

Debbie Johnson

There's not a company that's not swept up in this wave of cost analysis.

Tony Butler

You never want to get swept by your rivals, but at this point in the season, a win against anyone is important.

Brian Morgan

The doubles did us in. They swept us in doubles. They've been tough in doubles ever since they entered the league. We have a lot of young guys playing doubles. They just don't have the playing experience, the freshmen in particular. We have two seniors, but also two juniors and two freshman.

Tom Laffey

The first time I passed through the country (Switzerland) I had the impression it was swept down with a broom from one end to the other every morning by housewives who dumped all the dirt in Italy.

Ernesto Sábato

They were going to school when the water swept them away.

Inspector Prudence Mvelase

GRAPE, n. Hail noble fruit! -- by Homer sung, Anacreon and Khayyam; Thy praise is ever on the tongue Of better men than I am. The lyre in my hand has never swept, The song I cannot offer: My humbler service pray accept -- I'll help to kill the scoffer. The water-drinkers and the cranks Who load their skins with liquor -- I'll gl.

Ambrose Bierce

Pam simulated a large amount of water being swept from Lake Pontchartrain over the levee into the bowl of new Orleans.

Elizabeth English