Seldom in good health, Tocqueville lived on his nerves, working in bursts followed by frequent collapses.
And in the end they wind up costing themselves more and getting on my nerves.
Similarly, you still can't disable the shutter sound, and the autofocus beeping does get on our nerves after a while.
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Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung warns that "Britain's conduct is quite simply getting on the nerves" of its EU partners.
It was the first time we had set off without grownups getting on our nerves with all their advice, without uncles, without experts.
Then I shook his hand and let a chat flow, ready to leave him alone if it seemed I was getting on his nerves.
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His insistent rhymes and metres got on the nerves of those who thought only free verse or broken rhythms could express the modern muse.
The interminable technical checks finally took their toll on my nerves.
Michael McGrade's point nudged St Pat's two ahead again but Ryan Jones' score in the fourth minute of injury-time had the Donagh team living on their nerves again.
The screens also were filled with tiny symbols depicting likely locations of lightning and hail, which can damage planes and wreak havoc on the nerves of white-knuckle flyers.
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Our love-hate relationship with FB is getting on our nerves.
"There's only so much swelling brain can tolerate until there's pressure on the nerves that control breathing and circulation, " said Dr. Roger Bonomo, director of stroke care at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York.
And that kind of gets on your nerves.
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But easy on the nerves is not enough.
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The adventurous take local buses, with all the challenge, chaos and colour they entail, but hiring a taxi for the day allows for more flexibility in stopping to enjoy the scenery and less strain on the nerves.
And despite living on their nerves, especially during a first half dominated by the visitors, Harry Redknapp's side demonstrated that they have added a streak of defensive resilience to the verve that has characterised earlier contests in their Champions League campaign.
The block-long Arasta Bazaar in the shadow of the Blue Mosque is also easier on the nerves and has a few particularly good shops--notably Maison du Tapis d'orient, which sells antique Central Asian tapestries (its nearby sibling, Mehmet Cetinkaya Gallery, has exquisite carpets and ceramics), and the Iznik Foundation shop, which retails reproductions of classic 15th- and 16th-century Ottoman ceramics.
During MS the body's immune system turns on its own nerves causing debilitating muscle problems.
It may also place pressure on tendons, nerves and spinal discs located in your neck.
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In a typical Camilla moment, she arrived Paris with a smile and greeted the media with a big hello, then went on to admit nerves.
Argentina's economic stagnation and its political confusion, which culminated last month in the resignation of Carlos Alvarez as vice-president, had already put investors' nerves on edge.
This kind of jibe jangles on Scottish Labour nerves, particularly those left-wing and nationalist-minded election candidates who are anxious to see the party adopt policies which are either more socialist than or just simply different from Labour policies in England.
He had never won a major before and his nerves were on display throughout the match.
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He would get on Ben's nerves, as all little brothers do, but the truth is that he was a lot of fun to play with.
They have a tremendous amount of power, because they can insert things at the very last minute, a la the bridge in Alaska that gets on everybody's nerves.
Cosmopolitan but relaxed, with such a beautiful waterfront location that it feels urban and beachfront at the same time, Sydney may be the world's easiest-on-the-nerves city.
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