"She also provided some physiotherapy treatment to my legs, " he said, pantomiming a rub on his leg.
"Daddy came and got you, didn't he, " the man said to his dog as he gave Miller a rub on the base of his neck.
The need for the parts of an engine to fit together tightly enough to stop hot gases seeping where they should not, and yet not so tightly that they rub on each other in a way that wears them out, is a constant bane of engine designers.
Ideally, some of the goodwill the audience has toward the host will rub off on you.
They hope that some of it may rub off on them, making all Italians richer.
If only there were some actual young players for all that experience to rub off on.
In other words, don't be envious: Some of Bill Gates' money will rub off on the rest of us.
And hopefully some of it did it rub off on the institution rather than inure entirely to the person.
And in my heart, I always wish some of that will rub off on me when we get together.
It is just this sort of passion for the club that Hughes hopes will rub off on Fletcher and Jones.
But the fuzzy warmth clearly didn't rub off on whoever wrote the DUP's response to the Westminster boundary commission's proposals.
Companies sent delegations to tour Toyota's factories in the hope that some of its magic would rub off on them.
He's a confident lad and I think that's started to rub off on to quite a few of the players.
So Bush's unpopularity may not rub off on the presumptive Republican nominee.
For Al Gore the fear was that voter discontent over high oil prices could generate dissatisfaction with the Clinton administration which would, in turn, rub off on Mr Gore.
My private theory is that some of the wisdom of the ages has been passed along in their genes, and a little may rub off on me, if I allow it.
Ordinary hackers outfit themselves with the clubs and balls and shoes and copper wristbands of their favourite pros in the hope that a little of the magic will rub off on them.
You can choose to hire 2 quality employees at a slightly higher rate and 10 barely average employees at a lower rate and hope that the skills of the two quality persons rub off on the others.
One more bit of advice for Susan Patton's son: A lot of your mother's detractors seem gleeful at the thought that her notoriety will rub off on you to your disadvantage--that you'll be embarrassed and women will shun you.
"KP is an honest guy, very, very focused and positive in everything he does, meticulous in his preparations and that will rub off on to the the younger lads coming in which is only going to a be a good thing, " Nixon explained.
MicroArmor's Mr. Muir adds not all of the 4 Hour Protection product will rub off and moisture on the hands is enough to allow it to work.
In the thick of things, they rub elbows with other people venturing on the same street corners, benches, parks and trails.
"I'm a product of a single mom, who raised my sister and me and never had two nickels to rub together, " he said on the PBS program.
Hippies and yuppies rub shoulders during the event held on Alberta Street in Northeast Portland, and "hipsters showcase their latest patched vintage tweed jacket and creative take on facial hair to crowds that take in food truck fare, art, hand-sewn sock puppets, glass blown jars and any other obscure item your heart might ever have desired, " Moon writes.
The rub, my host told me, was the rub: the combination of chutneys slathered on the bun.
Two methods have developed -- the first of which is piezoelectricity, used by Club Surya, where crystals in blocks under the dance-floor rub together with the assistance of dancers on the floor.
Hooker Olivier Azam was sin-binned for handling on the floor in the 71st minute and Blair kicked the penalty to rub salt in Gloucester's wounds, while Narraway became their third injury casualty late on.
The Treasury secretary's opposition to raising the tariffs on steel products and removing the double taxation on corporate dividends were bound to rub the White House the wrong way.
On the last drafts, I focus on the words themselves, including the rub of vowels and consonants, stressed and unstressed syllables.
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