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I mean it wasn't terrible, it was sort of a precursor to what people are trying to do It flopped miserably, but I'm glad we did it.

Yet we know that life came out of the sea, as the first peculiar living forms flopped out, and gasped in air, on such a beach as this.

He flopped into a chair opposite me, and began to talk quite openly.

The cabman went up to the soldier, flopped down on his knees, and gave a smacking kiss on his hand.

He sighed and tossed the envelopes to the far side of the bed, then flopped back on his pillow and stared at the ceiling.

If the schedule was flip-flopped and the Lakers played 12 of these at home you could be looking at a very strong month.

Sinotrans Shipping, which flopped last week, was listed on a multiple roughly double that of its peers.

The Tories, not surprisingly, say that Mr Brown's account of the economy's trajectory is wrong and that his stimulus has flopped.

Mormon who has flip- flopped on both abortion and civil unions, and said he was "effectively pro-choice" as recently as two years ago.

After he had flopped down on Seven's left, his crony without a word lay down on her right.

In these arguments, evolution is treated as an abstract subject that deals with the age of the earth or how fish first flopped onto land.

The fish we'd caught flopped around in the bottom of the boat.

The fish we'd caught flopped about in the bottom of the boat.

The edges of the dandelion were already beginning to curl and it flopped lazily from its stem.

That night I flopped into bed . . . From all that talking , my tongue was swollen like an eggplant.

His oldest son killed a man, his daughter, Cheyenne , committed suicide, and his last few movies flopped - but Brando is still a legend.

His long ears flopped up and down, keeping time with the jogging moting of his body.

Europeans arrived in the 16th century, and control of the country flip- flopped between the Dutch and British for the next couple centuries.

He flopped down on the sand, looking first at the dead fox and her wailing cub and then at the gun in his listless hand.

She flopped into sofa with his hands covering his face, burst into tears.

Apparently, as I flopped down, the wire of my earphone got caught in the back of the seat in front.

Let her hold swimming lap whole body unbend, do not do, a flopped about bending, PP, my arms will also lift.

He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit-hole and shut his eyes.

She flopped on the muddy road and began to weep.

And when a hostile media asked what effect more taxes would have on jobs and growth, Mr Kan flipped and flopped, Hatoyama-style.

Jet grabbed the Frisbee and flopped down on the grass, making believe I wasn't there.

Duff had fallen away a bit after a great start at Chelsea, and flopped at Newcastle.

It was not quite time for dinner. I flopped on the bed, with my overcoat on, and pulled the covers over me.

He flip-flopped on dependency theory, a more radical version of structuralism developed by Latin American Marxists.

One of her first dramatic films was 'Four Faces of Eve' from 1996, but audiences didn't warm to it and it flopped at the box office.

His wavy hair was too long and flopped just beneath his brow. He brushed it away with the back of his hand.

I bounded up the steps, burst into the living room and flopped on a light.

I saw you flopped down on the noisy playground.

Then one of the boys flopped on his face in the sand and the line broke up.

She flopped down in dismay.

M: I said my party flopped. That's the past tense for "flop. "

He flopped down on to a seat.

Second, the DPJ flopped mainly because candidates backing better government and pro-market growth did especially well.

Many other attempts to fill that gap have flopped; who now remembers Microsoft's "Smart Displays" and "Ultra-Mobile PC" , for instance?

He flopped down the shopping bag and ran to help us.

Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair.

Juan Sebastian Veron, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Miller and Kleberson flopped, Saha and Alan Smith still struggling to fitness.

In the two photos posted, she looked relaxed and happy, her ears flopped forward and her tongue hanging happily out.

I remember I finally flopped a set, and my opponent had a higher set, and I was so sad.

And how long does the Earth linger in a lean to the left, flopped on her side?

Throughout history, they have flip-flopped between different definitions, wreaking havoc on the names of numbers.

The fish flopped in the boat.

But Handy's publisher deceived him and told him that the song had flopped, offering him just $50 to buy the rights.

Flopped like a fish against the muddy ground.

Attempts to get a renewable-energy industry going have flopped.

The door flip-flopped in high wind.

Almost entirely bereft of popular support, the guerrilla campaign flopped.

In other countries, such ambitious government-led schemes have usually flopped.

Admittedly, Mr Rasmussen may still be sore that Google shuttered his project, which flopped.

Otherwise, you have to always try and fail in between the circles, until you completely largely flopped.

The footballer really flopped even though his club paid a lot of money for him.

Mr. Martinez stood there looking surprised and angry. Simon's stomach flip-flopped.

This type of 'smart home' fridge has actually been attempted before, in the dot com era, and flopped.

KFC has launched non-fried chicken before, but each prior initiative flopped .

Previous, less ambitious, efforts have flopped.

Government efforts to resuscitate the market have flopped.

"Yeah, " said Ron. He flopped back into his seat, looking depressed.

The postman flopped down the heavy package on the floor.

When the butt was removed the face flopped back over to the left.

Past attempts to trade credit derivatives on bourses have flopped.

"It's a shame they flip-flopped, and there was talk that he wouldn't appear. "

Finally I lit a cigarette and flopped over the fender mat.

Exhausted, he flopped (down) into the nearest chair.

Ford had a similar problem in Brazil when the Pinto flopped.

Her hair flopped over her shoulders.

"Moebius" flopped within China, too, taking in only $3 million domestically.

The postman flopped his heavy bag down for a short rest.

The firm discovered by accident that a lung-cancer drug that flopped among Caucasians worked well in many Chinese.

And this week, an auction of German government Bunds flopped.

Fear of repression also deterred mass action; all general strikes in the past few years have flopped.

The country has produced many creative geniuses who have flopped abroad.

We recruited a group of non-technical subjects to do a usability test, and it flopped.

But the cars have flopped in India, where they're seen as too big and expensive.

The travellers were so tired that they flopped into bed and fell asleep at once.

But the business flopped and shut after two months.

The puppy just flopped around on the slippery floor.

Finding my favourite seat empty, I flopped down.

Many past efforts to sell tablets have flopped.

Apple first launched Apple TV in 2007, when it basically flopped.

But that only came after Mr Clinton's big initiatives such as healthcare reform had flopped and the Republicans recaptured Congress.

An educational computer that Chan pitched to children called the Subor Learning Machine flopped.

The Love Guru flopped in theaters with only $40. 8 million in global ticket sales.

The 550's derivative predecessor, the Roewe 750, largely flopped.

The dog's ears flopped when it ran.

My heart flip-flopped in my chest.

My heart flip-flopped in my chest.

And the IE team flip-flopped.

Several 3D films flopped at the box office in 2010.

b. He flopped down the bag and ran to help us.

Have you really flopped to their side?

He flopped down the bag.

a little mermaid flopped up on deck and told him the whole story

he can ' t swim ; he just flopped about in the water