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And today we are going to change gears a little bit.

He changed gear and looked hard at the back of her car.

But on those you do have to change gear yourself.

Quickly he changed gear and ran back at the wall.

"This is important for learning to change gears," he said.

The up and down buttons are used to change gears.

Last year he changed gears, having the class work on a long-term project.

You don't have to change gears in the old way.

But I find it hard to change gears and start writing plays when my head is full of other things.

He'd always been quick, but it was taking him a minute to change gears.

"And he had to change gears to get up there.

With his death, the Earnhardt industry had to change gears.

So he changed gears and decided to drag race instead.

I just have a lot of things to think about and sometimes it's hard for me to change gears."

Luke changed gear as they came into a narrow road.

But it has also made the campaign flexible and able to change gears fast.

He changed metaphors like a man changing gears in the open field.

Not changing gears at the correct time can be a loss of opportunity.

She was almost disappointed when the car slowed and he moved his hand to change gears.

Trouble changing gears could mean a problem with the transmission.

"They are not only difficult decisions, but sometimes you have to suddenly change gears.

The time has come to change gear and give a real boost to space expenditure.

The driver changed gears and pressed down on the gas.

You shouldn't really change gear when you're in the middle of a crossroads.

With those few words, she had shifted gears on my thinking.

Then, quickly, she shifted gears to the heart of her game.

The President was also very good when it came to shifting gears.

He considered that, and I could almost see him shift gears.

She could actually sense him shifting gears at the sound of a female voice.

These guys could shift gears so quickly that it was hard to keep up with them.

She caught my arm as I started to shift gears for the turn.

It is my generation that has had to shift gears.

Then it all shifts gears because when you get on the set, it's like a whole different world.

So now he shifted gears and tried out being rational.

In his late work he is clearly trying to shift gears, though with mixed success.

She still had some uncertainty shifting gears, and every so often got the wrong one.

He shifted gears and accelerated at the top of his car's power.

So it seemed unlikely that he would now shift gears.

Then, the sun came up and the nightmare shifted gears.

After the first 300, I shifted gears and it tightened up on me.

She heard the armored car shifting gears and moving down the road toward them.

They held hands all the way, even when Farrell had to shift gears.

The time had come to shift gears; this was not strictly a personal call.

You sort of shift gears into high speed to make other minds work on a higher level.

Now, however, many organizations in California and elsewhere say they are shifting gears.

The staff did not shift gears to honor his request.

As I pounded around the track my mind shifted gears.

He smiled at her gesture and decided to shift gears.

Even so, it is not clear that much of the media will be able to shift gears once the specifics are known.

You really must stop thinking of your old mission and switch gears.

"Now I think he needs to switch gears to explain what he's going to do for the next four years."

He did not have the luxury of waiting to switch gears.

Couldn't you help me to switch gears a little bit?

It took us a game or two to switch gears and get ready for Indiana.

Then he switched gears: "My goal is to put people to work."

Now we have to switch gears and deal with a labor shortage.

The reporter quickly switches gears and asks him about the war.

But 1995 was his year to switch gears and make "Sabrina."

Stevens, who was about to launch into the next part of the story, switched gears.

"But I switch gears so fast that it doesn't cost anything."

When people switch gears and move from one process to another, our brains require some amount of time to begin thinking about something else.

But they often switch gears, simplify their holdings and start again.

She hesitated, as if about to add something, then smoothly switched gears.

And how you can switch gears between the two in a blink without losing audience.

When the picking season was over, they switched gears and bothered the local girls.

Some of the more established decorators seem to have switched gears.

And constantly she had to switch gears as the story shifted beneath her.

"But the railroad switched gears and decided to abandon it."

Having misled the young man about her destination, she switched gears.

I'd better switch gears before I drive you into isolation."

Miles raised his brows, and switched gears without a moment's pause.

Sustenance was a poor excuse, so I switched gears quickly.

I pedaled hard but was too late switching gears; they stuck.

For a professional chef, switching gears can be a tricky dance.