How To Use Drive In A Sentence

Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
Last night, a steady stream of people arrived at the evacuation centre in Brisbane's showground, only a few minutes' drive from the swollen river. Brisbane residents flee homes as floodwaters rise
The driver braked abruptly, causing the car to skid a little.
A bit of background about me - I do hardware, firmware, and driver development by profession, so I think I'm qualified to provide a guess as to what and where it went wrong: for any computer, there's the initial "bootloader," which is what we commonly refer to as Discussions: Message List - root

The driver was not mollified, not even a little bit.
The use of steam-driven bellows in blast furnaces helped ironmakers switch over from charcoal (limited in quantity) to coke, which is made from coal, in the smelting of pig iron.
We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
As a streaming technology, tape drives work best when data is coming to them at their rated speed.
Dab a little wood glue into the hole, insert the dowel, and drive a 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch screw through the back of the wood to secure the dowel.
The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
There was no mail coach -- no driver in scarlet -- no mail guard -- no passengers, but only a ramshackle iron mail cart -- a "postboy" as driver and carrying no arms. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time
- PBL Media and ninemsn jointly purchased 35% of 3P the owner of Mathletics, a subscription driven website that has 400K students in Aust + NZ using it. 400K Mathletics X $99 Per Annum = 35% ninemsn.
And all of this is done without a sonic screwdriver. Times, Sunday Times
Long drives will no longer be the chore they used to be in a small car. The Sun
A swingle-tree hung at the pole's end, and a second pair of reins was fast to the driver's seat, the four cheek-buckles lying crossed over the wheeler's backs. Ambrotox and Limping Dick
Mr Ireland claimed that the case had cost him his job as a school bus driver. Times, Sunday Times
Its hard drive can store 100 movies, and an antenna receives new films via broadcast airwaves.
For a start, when you drive through the gate, instead of just driving through just a field of grass, you actually drive through copses of trees and little forests.
Most systems default to booting from either the floppy disk drive or the hard drive.
In Chinas modernization drive, the misunderstanding on "Middlebrow" is not beneficial to the understanding and the promotion of the core ideology of Chinas traditional culture.
There will be a daily game drive in the park to spot leopards, elephants and tropical birds. Times, Sunday Times
Will they require huge hard drives and superfast broadband? Times, Sunday Times
Many had difficulty negotiating the cross-drive obstacle, where often it was not until they were almost upon it that is was clear whether the sheep were going through or around the outside.
It is this potential for music to express contradictory, sometimes inexpressible emotions that drives Ward to write songs.
Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere. American Grace
That night, to reduce suspicion, I decide to go drinking with the trishaw drivers.
Today, you can not only take a virtual spin in an Express LT - you can also drive the real thing.
The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.
Improved safety measures in cars can be counterproductive as they encourage people to drive faster.
One sector that was particularly hard hit was computer hard drives. Times, Sunday Times
The car comes as standard with a driver's and front passenger's airbag as well as side curtain airbags to prevent injury in side impacts.
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
The taxi driver reported it to the club. Times, Sunday Times
But it was the introduction of the breathalyser in 1967 that really thrust her into the public's consciousness, especially as she herself was a non-driver.
After the counter is installed on top of the cabinet, the wood strip is attached to the front edge of the counter using glue and small, air-driven brads.
Drive away potential burglars
The avatar would greet drivers and give them information and personalized feedback using conservational language. Ford to Enhance Sync With 'Apps' and Avatars
How many fathers would drive their daughter 120 miles through mountainous terrain so she could attend weekly ballet and singing lessons?
A unique feature of VTM - 4 is that it drives the rear wheels whenever the vehicle accelerates, even on dry pavement.
Lawrence Pietroni has created two uniquely alluring charactersRuby and Isaand spins a story that feels mythical or folkloric, that is driven by a mystery, throbs with tension, and ends in conflagration. Ruby's Spoon: Summary and book reviews of Ruby's Spoon by Anna Lawrence Pietroni.
Garrido's round was achieved without the use of his driver, which he broke at the second hole on Friday.
From his driveway, Benelli dispatches patrol cars and sends officers to new assignments.
We instead identified sport as a great power for good and how the Olympic rings could be a driver to help to reconnect young people with sport. Times, Sunday Times
She described at last with extraordinary clearness, which is so often seen, though only for a moment, in such overwrought states, how Ivan had been nearly driven out of his mind during the last two months trying to save “the monster and murderer,” his brother. The Brothers Karamazov
First he was writing, then he was hiking, then he went to Argentina to clear his head and drive along the coast (a two mile narrow strip overlooking the intercoastal waterway, hardly scenic). Sanford visiting family in Sullivan's Island
The jury, which began deliberations last Friday after a six-week trial, had to decide whether Castroneves, his sister-manager Katiucia "Kati" Castroneves, 35, and Michigan sports attorney Alan R. Miller, 71, evaded U.S. taxes on more than $5.5 million income that the race driver earned between 1999-2004 from his arrangement with Penske Racing. Undefined
I think it drives the kids crazy because I sing very loudly and off key.
Selling alcohol at truck stops is an unnecessary temptation for drivers.
The drive-through restaurant was quite empty.
It had four wheels, but that was where the similarity to anything she had ever driven ended.
Which of course explains why Bush is afraid to drive by motorcade through Washington DC but does it in Bagdad … oh wait … Think Progress » Rep. King: My Wife ‘Is At Far Greater Risk Being a Civilian In D.C. Than An Average Civilian In Iraq’
But this subtlety is swept aside in performances that are simply too hard-driven.
Her concern was also driven by another impulse. Consuelo & Alva: Love and Power in the Gilded Age
A split from his long-time girlfriend shortly after only served to drive him further into the darkness. Times, Sunday Times
I am planning to drive to Morocco next year.
The driver was 18 to 19 years old, 5ft 6ins tall, hairy with a slim build, dark eyes, a gaunt face and hollow cheeks.
They will be left-hand drive and should be priced around 33,000 when they arrive next year. The Sun
They joined, just like Gordon, during the army recruitment drive.
An affectionate arm around the shoulders, a warm and reassuring hug, a gentle touch upon the arm, even just an understanding glance, are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.
Giving the driver a nod, the truck gunned it, and sped back onto the more secure skidder tail.
The initial recall took place after drivers reported problems in the heating and ventilation system. Times, Sunday Times
In Belgium, 2,500 truckers, taxi drivers and tour bus operators staged a protest on Sunday in Brussels.
I saw wheel tracks to the right, crossed by similar tracks back again to the road, and I guessed that the postilion had intended to drive his horses down the byroad, but having found it too rough or too narrow had been compelled to return, even at the cost of loss of time in backing. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow
Many others, particularly those on fly-drive deals or travelling independently, have been left to finance extra days themselves.
It reduces engine shudder and powers the moving parts much more efficiently, being directly connected to the drivetrain. The Sun
Schumacher takes on rally drivers in Race of Champions on BBC
I asked him to send Koli so that he could drive me back to Jessore so I could get my investors - I would rent an autorickshaw to bring them to the site if I had to. Kristin Boekhoff: Ecopreneur: Never Let Them See You Sweat
Where my taxi driver and dhobi would have peace, their leaders see advantage in strife - where and when does India reach the tipping point and choose its path? Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy: The Ecstasy and Agony of India -- From the Political to the Tribal
According to a police spokesman, the driver lost control of the vehicle after his tar-laden trailer began fishtailing.
Tell Transportation I want the largest vehicle they have with four-wheel drive, preferably a step-up maxi-van. CHAINS OF COMMAND
For the best performance, large numbers of drives can be connected and their data aggregated into a larger host interface.
You mustn't break the rule that no one but drivers can enter the cab.
Thankfully, some excellent work by the chassis engineers means that there is no sign of wheelspin, often associated with powerful front wheel drive cars.
It's like they don't know how to drive in freaking snow. Archive 2009-01-01
Chris went on to navigate for a variety of other drivers including Peter Banham on the East African Safari.
Blomquist also considered the possibility that the driver finds use of the seat belt disagreeable.
When inserting the needle into the clamp, push it up as far as it will go and tighten the clamp screw firmly with the screwdriver.
Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it.
The deal frenzy is being driven by a dramatic slide in crop prices in recent years. Times, Sunday Times
The lorry driver escaped unhurt, but a pedestrian was injured.
The dense thicket of rules and exceptions will drive away, or drive mad, almost anyone else.
Anti-speed campaigners in Guiseley have been rewarding careful drivers with a smile.
The pump is actuated by a belt driven by an electric motor.
From Poiso we make a short diversion to drive to the top of the mountain.
I was on the driveway yesterday jumping around on my pogo stick.
This ensured that the beaglers could not use the traditional Wiltshire Police tactic of letting the hunt drive away while holding sabs up.
Walking down her long driveway, she paused briefly to check the mail in the letter box before continuing down to the sidewalk.
Its speed can be influenced by the waste-gate valve, which is controlled by the pressure-driven converter.
A man who drives fast is a menace to other people.
"I'm an owner-driver and I know how hard it is to say no to them when you need the work," he said.
We must drive home to him where the difficulties lie.
With a screeching halt, the driver stepped on the brake just in front of the run-down apartment building that Adrian now called home.
Anyone who drives along this road on a regular basis as I do, will fully understand and appreciate what I mean.
Then to take that used (2002 model) ca on a trailer to (let's say Brownsville, TX) unload it and meet my wife at the Mexican border office in Matamoros and both of us put our names on it after paying the duty so that we could both drive that car with Mexican plates in Mexico. Need Advice on Retiring to Mexico & Getting Married to a Mexican National
There's a huge shortage of truckers, so a drive has begun to recruit women drivers.
I badly wanted to go on to see the monkey-puzzle forests at the foot of the Andes, to drive the cattle to high summer pasture.
The driver nodded in acknowledgement and a further 20 seconds of silence passed before he spoke again.
Some drivers said they weren't aware of the bylaw, which is only two months old, Katolyk said. London Free Press
Initially known for drum'n'bass-driven club bangers, they have since headed into tamer territory. Times, Sunday Times
He drives a top of the range Mercedes but has not indulged himself with a fleet of the sort of flash cars favoured by some in the football world.
Offending drivers are to be pulled over as part of a pilot scheme and ‘given advice’ rather than booked, on the basis that it is pointless fining people for innocent mistakes.
We didn't commit to any blocking and did the 13-hour drive to Winnipeg learning the lines.
Bouchons were originally wine bars where the local silk workers or passing stagecoach drivers could fill up on a simple, hearty cuisine that was based on fresh local products -- mostly pig in the form of andouillette, fried crackling, tripes, petit salé -- and lots of the local wine among like-minded souls, enjoying their brief moment of freedom amid laughter and loud, boisterous behavior. Jamie Schler: A Side Trip to Lyons: Le Bouchon
The carbon belt drive is an advance on a regular chain so you won't get oil on your clothes during cycling. Times, Sunday Times
A simple drive through the countryside, past sheep ranch after sheep ranch, is balm for a weary soul.
If you don't know what a carcake is which you probably don't, because as far as I know I invented the term, it's a great big loaf of snow that sits atop a motor vehicle after a snowstorm which the driver was either unable or unwilling to clear. The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: Cakes and Cheese
Figures were the same for a driver using a hand-held or hands-free phone and likelihood of a crash held true regardless of gender or age.
The trade-off for drivers would be the abolition of road tax and fuel duty, and more spending on the road network. Times, Sunday Times
He was driven to use reprisal raids, the razzias that had traditionally formed part of warfare in North Africa.
When Wood returned to the truck parked on Panorama Drive, her bike was gone along with two others belonging to friends visiting from Washing-ton state.
You know people have midlife crises when they turn 50 and they go out and buy a red Corvette and drive around college campuses to see if they can still attract babes.
On Tuesday there was a serious accident at the crossroads at Tzanov Boulevard and Ivanov Street at 9pm when one driver jumped a red light.
Make sure you drive between those narrow walls.
The driver ran a stop light and broadsided the truck.
Their devotion, if extreme, is driven by one goal to reclaim their neighbourhood.
A 34-mile drive up the A68 road to Edinburgh does make this commutable.
But it's wild generalizations like this that point up the irrelevancy of such commercially-driven lists.
I planted three hemlocks years ago to form a sight block from our driveway to our back yard.
Whether you're grabbing a meal on the run or topping up on a long drive, eating and driving is an absolute no-no.
In this paper, the hardware and software of the PC-1500 computer measurement system as well as its application for measuring angle drive ratio of steering wheel are introduced.
It takes 40 minutes to drive to the beach or 35 minutes to get to Kyogle's green, shady, treed public pool that caters for toddlers.
The resulting explosions of fuel and air drive the pistons which turn the crankshaft.
Besides cleaning up barf, breaking up fights and propping up staggering patrons, owners and waiters can get sued if overly-lubricated lushes kill or injure someone on their drive home.
The compact dimensions of the system means minimum impact on interior space and the design of the drivetrain is surprisingly simple but highly efficient.
Shortlisted vehicles will be announced in early November and the members of the Irish Motoring Writers Association will have a final chance to test-drive contending vehicles at a refresher day before final judging takes place.
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive ; easy to govern but imposible to slave.
Drive your business, do not let it drive you.
Just think what you could achieve with vision, imagination and drive.
The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
Read-only or recording CD and DVD drives are available either as accessories or as part of a docking station.
The driver honked the horn of his car hoping to disperse the crowd in the street.
I moved the car into drive and moved off toward the convenience store.
I imagine a shiny new sports car parked in his drive. The Sun
Senna was arguably the greatest racing driver of all time.
It was a driveway that narrowed at the road, then widened as gracefully as stemware.
Be careful when you pull out of the driveway.
Everybody shouts it, mule-driver, "coachee," or cattle-driver; and even I, a passenger, fancied I could do it to disagreeable perfection after a time. The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner
Ministers are yet to confirm whether all drivers renewing their licences will be forced to answer. Times, Sunday Times
Anguish has driven her from the inglenook of home to the white-shrouded and icy hills. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
Richard asked suddenly, impelled by the curiosity that drives people to stare at and question the survivors of some calamity.
Probably because he has been driven into deicidal madness after Ares tricks Kratos into killing his own wife and daughter. The Cultural Gutter
However, what drives me crazy about Bella and her ilk is the I-cannot-possibly-live-without-this-person kind of "love" that is put out there. Today's Book Review
People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.
The crew tried to drive it away, and one man fired a rifle at it.
No statistically significant difference existed in knowledge by task assignment of driver versus navigator.
Some tutors attempt the _suaviter in modo_, my schoolmaster preferred the _fortiter in re_; and, as the boatswain said, by the "instigation" of a large knotted stick, he drove knowledge into our skulls as a caulker drives oakum into the seams of Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer
The mine is a hive of activity with more traffic here than on the roads heading into the site, where visitors drive past a scenic vineyard. Times, Sunday Times
After the cars are stolen they are passed on to another criminal, who exports them out of the country to other right-hand-drive jurisdictions.
The screw driver is mightier than the sword, hey, Dink?" called the irrepressible Roy, as Dinky hurried away into the darkness. Tom Slade with the Colors
The use of subtherapeutic doses of antimicrobial drugs may drive down hog prices and lower profits for the entire hog industry, a new government report says.
Had she driven poor Tina away by hesitating about paying for the installation of a bathroom?
Whenever it rained, I thought of Anne Elliot meeting Captain Wentworth, when driven by a shower to take refuge in a shoe-shop. Jane Austen: Her Homes and Her Friends
Drivers who exceed the speed limit can expect to be fined heavily.
In the sentence 'I spoke to the driver of the car', 'the driver of the car' is a noun phrase.
If that's not enough, you can book ahead to fire up and drive a steam engine for yourself. Times, Sunday Times
The armoured turret has both laying and stabilisation drives and power supply.
Years later, when I was in high school, I would borrow the old family Chevrolet and take my girlfriend to the drive-in theatre.
He saw the driver slumped over the wheel.
Kartel favors the beat-driven fusion of reggae and rap known as dancehall that has stoked controversy across the Caribbean. Undefined
Having proved myself the fount of all world knowledge, I returned Lisa to Brighton on Tuesday evening, in time for our 7 month anniversary on Wednesday, a landmark we celebrated with a visit to the drive-thru McDonalds.
With crashed cars in front spinning out of control, he rammed another driver and was catapulted into the air. The Sun
That would drive up the value of the dollar and push US import prices higher still. Times, Sunday Times
In his final season, he again graded 93.5 percent for blocking consistency, but without the cast on his hand, he developed into a dominant drive blocker. USATODAY.com
Elsewhere in Wiltshire, flood warnings were in place in Melksham and drivers were disrupted by floodwater in Lacock.
Bernice lay contentedly at the edge of a sand embankment white as driven snow, her chin cupped in her hands, watching half a dozen or more mullets drift and swing in the limpid clear water below. The Mystery at Number Six
He is a great actor and seeing him go from lost rogue to confused son to driven billionnaire to a conflicted hero is a blast.
Mindless bots, driven not to dominate but to sell, sign up for thousands of free email accounts every minute, sending millions of spam messages from them.
This resembles a cylinder lawnmower, and drives a drum to which sheets of abrasive paper are fitted.
Believing that my wallet was gone forever, I started calling my bank and credit card companies, but the front desk clerk called my room, saying, “A cabdriver is in the lobby with your wallet.” A wayward wallet returns
The big question that drives this is, for RPGs in general, and for a given product, how elastic is the price curve really? So What Is A “Fair” Price For A Gaming PDF? « Geek Related
Fussell’s topmost denizens were “out of sight” in hilltop manses at the end of long, curving driveways. Class Dismissed
The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.
The workbench is her favorite right now; using the screwdriver fascinates her. Garage Sale Loot and Cooking Limbo
Pharmaceutical regulation is driven by horror stories like the sulfanilamide elixir and thalidomide. Technological Nightmares (Lecture)~ Six Concerns
The squalid conditions in the shack settlements drive many to despair. Times, Sunday Times
There is always lots of urge in the mid-range, making the car easy to drive, both in heavy city traffic and on the open road.
He knocked his drive over the railway sheds, but turned his wrists a hair too soon. Tommy's Honour: The Extraordinary Story of Golf's Founding Father and Son
A track for tough cars and tough drivers, it tests every component and every sinew to the limit and few pass with flying colours.
We slogged around looking for suicidal prairie dogs and learned that hills and gumbo can overcome the best four-wheel drive trucks.
The Defendant engaged in frequent and expensive foreign travel with his wife, went out to numerous restaurants, and made lavish use of chauffeur driven limousines all at the Company's expense.
Some shook with superstitious dread; others, driven to atheistical despair, with horrible execrations, again strove to force a passage through the doors. The Scottish Chiefs
Long gone are the days of convertible cars being expensive trinkets owned by drivers with designer sunglasses and fur coats. Times, Sunday Times
Well before the beginning of the global economic crisis, a Brazilian street seller was on his way to becoming a very famous entrepreneur in the country by doing just one thing: selling popcorn, with a personal touch. 36 year old Valdir Novaki used to work as an itinerant farm labourer, until he arrived in Curitiba, in 1988, where he started working as a newsagent, then as a car park driver. Global Voices in English » Brazil: Tips to face the crisis from a popcorn street seller
Then strangely, as we came to a fork in the road - they departed, thanking me, as you might a bus driver.
The main drivers of this long-term fiscal gap are, in order, the spending growth associated with Medicare and Medicaid, the revenue losses from the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, and increases in Social Security costs ... Economists' Voice on Fiscal Policy, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
It protects the drive against shock from mishandling, increasing the robustness of the devices into which it's integrated.
Zurich surveyed firms to see if they carry out risk assessments of employees before letting them drive on business.
Larsen: If you're ADD and you still have a kind of indefatigable creative drive ... Printing: Interview with Stephen Larsen, author, THE FUNDAMENTALIST MIND
State representation, though, is guaranteed by senators and congressmen and governors are there to drive state policies.
Meanwhile conducting slowly became a female job, even though conductresses had to cope with the same technology as drivers.
The deal frenzy is being driven by a dramatic slide in crop prices in recent years. Times, Sunday Times
He was being driven to work one October morning in his luxury vehicle when he was cut down by a gunman.
Step 1: For starters, you will need a few common tools that are more than likely already sitting around the garage, such as a socket wrench set, a C-clamp, a flathead screwdriver, an Allen wrench set, and an ATV stand or lift. How to Replace the Brakes on a Utility ATV
I have actually heard one of the co-leaders of the Greens say that we should not be allowed to drive to the corner dairy - we should be forced to walk.
Blown in on the north-west monsoon without aid of any chart or astronomical observation, a thousand mariners, tide-driven, converge on the coral reefs.
These screwdrivers had a forged one-piece tempered blade including a bolster and special wings on two sides.
This is difficult terrain for the son of a billionaire pitched against the son of a bus driver. Times, Sunday Times
Market forces were such that there was a shortage of train drivers and people were prepared to pay higher wages to find them.
Which driver is in pole position on the F1 wealth grid? Times, Sunday Times

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