| I signaled the plane captain to remove chocks and landing gear pins, looked down to the checklist, looked up again, and saw a thumbs up. |
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| In fact, just pressing my nose against the window and giving him a double thumbs up satisfies me fine. |
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| Many watching the march demonstrated their approval by giving a thumbs up or by clapping. |
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| They did have this rather strange habit of sticking their thumbs up at the crowd after every song too which looked a tad comical at times. |
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| Isn't it true that all the relevant statutory authorities have given the projects the thumbs up? |
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| It would be a pity that this event would not be celebrated and the thumbs up sign has already given it the green light. |
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| Dosed with morphine and visibly in pain, Edwards was able to give only a limp smile and a thumbs up. |
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| A number of them gave the thumbs up on the basis that the Taoiseach and Tanaiste had agreed with the proposal. |
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| After everyone was strapped in and engines started, a thorough run-up produced three thumbs up and we were blasting down the Chino runway. |
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| He repeatedly gets honks and thumbs up from passing motorists reminding him of his enduring popularity. |
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| There was none so I smiled at the distraught gentleman and game him the thumbs up sign. |
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| After road-testing the backpack version I give this product a big thumbs up for ease of use, value for money, reliability and effective security. |
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| At the finish the shaven Tufte let out a small smile and gave the thumbs up while an exhausted Hacker slumped over his rigger. |
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| The dress and design have been given the thumbs up by a panel of judges in the competition and is the only Eastern Cape finalist. |
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| His thumbs up, as far as the book trade was concerned, was like a nudge in the local about a dead cert in the 2.30 at Newmarket. |
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| For a moment it looked as if he had knocked the ball on but referee Changleng got the thumbs up from the touch judge and the try was awarded. |
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| If you get the thumbs up, an official certificate will be mailed to you and you can start using the USDA Organic label. |
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| My monitor fills with images of two men saluting, grinning thumbs up or looking dead serious. |
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| Jackson gave the thumbs up sign, and let a nice, big, satisfied grin sweep over his face. |
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| Rocky smiled with a mouthful of food and gave a thumbs up, oblivious to his mother, who was frowning across the table. |
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| I tried to give him the thumbs up but banged my funny bone on the pole and had to shriek in pain. |
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| Even with pretty strict standards, about half the burgers, nuggets, franks, and sausages qualified for a thumbs up. |
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| More fennel appeared in the green side salad we ordered which got a thumbs up once again. |
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| Outside the town centre pubs, tough young men and women in vests, jeans and tattoos were giving each other the thumbs up and cackling with glee. |
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| They seemed to approve of my subject because I received some thumbs up signals. |
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| Minutes before the official announcement in the futuristic hemicycle arena, he gave a thumbs up to his 12-year-old son Peter and daughter Grace as they sat in the gallery. |
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| This was of course next to all the snapshots of their team's crashes and a few Polaroids of team members in the hospital, usually giving a thumbs up. |
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| As I had prepared for the curtain call, side stage, the dancers busily congratulating me and smiles coming from all corners of the theatre, thumbs up you name it everything! |
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| If it wasn't that then they either gave me a thumbs up or said goodnight. |
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| Certainly gets the thumbs up from me and throughly reccommend them to anyone. |
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| The game sees all manner of creepy-crawly biting things doing battle and I give it a trembling thumbs up. |
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| You can rate the previous course if you wish: thumbs up if the course was good and thumbs down if the course was bad. |
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| Where rating basically adds a thumbs up or thumbs down as meta-information, tags can convey much more information. |
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| By the end of the meeting, we asked every participant to give a thumbs up or a thumbs down to each idea. |
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| Despite the fact that they supposedly have exactly the same data available one candidate gets the thumbs up and another the thumbs down. |
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| We have a thumbs up from environmental groups that actually care about what is happening in Canada. |
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| In a nutshell, the proposal is not perfect, but acceptable, and I will be giving it the thumbs up. |
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| During our testing, we did not find any problems with scheduling conflicts and this proves the N4200 stable and deserving of thumbs up. |
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| From a smiley face when you're happy, to the thumbs up emoticon when you agree with something. |
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| Also, many trail masters recommend keeping your thumbs up and out of the way of the steering wheel spokes in rough terrain. |
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| You'll get nods and thumbs up everywhere, and G8's styling makes passing teenagers use their very best vocabulary. |
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| One man gave the Marines a thumbs up, another waved a white flag. |
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| When we nodded, she broke into a wide grin, gestured with two thumbs up, and finished off with a high-five. |
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| I made my challenge and he accepted it with his version of a thumbs up. |
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| All three chief officers of the services have given it the thumbs up. |
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| There are just so many things that a creative government could do, and they would rather shove their thumbs up their bums and fiddle while Nassau spirals downward. |
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| From his lofty perch, hanging over the slopes of Kilimanjaro under a parasail with razor sharp rocks below, Judge Bryan Pope gives this DVD a thumbs up. |
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| The fate of the contestants now lies with the viewer at home, who can call in to determine who gets a thumbs up and who gets gonged. |
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| If there are enough Friendsy shows that have thumbs up, the one that has a thumbs down has little effect on the suggestion engine. |
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| I'm going to start giving thumbs up and thumbs down to celebrities in the news. |
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| Bangor and Portrush along with Co Fermanagh, the Giant's Causeway and the Mournes are all given the thumbs up. |
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| One difference, as I pointed out in 2007, is that when Iraq and Afghanistan received new constitutions, the vast population was invited to vote, thumbs up or thumbs down, on those new constitutions. |
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| And then, thumbs up and the squad leader again ordered fire. |
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| We were starting to see thumbs up, thumbs down types of signals from the offshore, from the inshore failures. We had the Alverson task force review of the inshore fishery. |
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| Not only did 30 retail staff come out for a training session, but many willingly spoke to the media attending the launch and gave the new program a big thumbs up. |
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| Having created 129 small companies and 270 new jobs, the project got an extra thumbs up from judges for its potential as a sustainable model for urban regeneration. |
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| While waiting at stoplights, driving on the open road, and in highway passing lanes, everyone is all stares and thumbs up at this hot roadster. |
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| I see that she is giving us the thumbs up on that. |
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| It's dramatic, it's right here, and when you see that little yellow Prius driving by, give it a honk and a thumbs up because it's on the wave of where we're going. |
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| Two of Carol Smillie's kids also give pasta the thumbs up preferring family favourites spaghetti bolognaise and macaroni cheese. |
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| This site deserves a big thumbs up as one of the few film recommenders that really works. |
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| After recovering from laughing so hard she fell out of her chair, Teph gives the snowmeow a thumbs up. |
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| Finally one of the heavys leaned around the rock and gave him a quick thumbs up. |
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| Ebert gave James the proverbial two thumbs up, and the project was a go. |
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| Aside from some slight roughness, the verdict seems to be two Rector-gloved thumbs up on the pipe and capsule, though it may take a few generations for the kids to take to it. |
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| On a whim, God give the thumbs up for survival or a thumbs down for death. |
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