I knew the birds would come, but they'd been slow on the uptake this year.

That's where teachers used to sit children who were slow on the uptake."

Just, this place gets to you sooner or later, and I have to say my sister was slow on the uptake from a child.

As institutions, schools have been slow on the uptake of participatory culture.

But if New York has been slow on the uptake, it is making up for lost time.

"They're working hard and their hearts are in the right place, but they've been slow on the uptake," said a Western official.

She spoke in measured tones, as if to a child who was slow on the uptake.

You didn't want to be slow on the uptake around vampires.

I am slow on the uptake after about 9.30pm.

"Name of plan-" Again, he was slow on the uptake.

He might be slow on the uptake, but he wasn't hopeless.

"But the thing we've found," he says, "is that the political people are slower on the uptake than the businesspeople.

I always was slow on the uptake.

Then he raised his hand in a salute and said "Ave." I was slow on the uptake.

I'd been slow on the uptake.

Omally, who was certainly never one to be slow on the uptake, explained the situation. '

Even as she said it, the insinuation that she was being slow on the uptake about something irked her further.

Show business is slow on the uptake, however, like always, and the grim wisecracks of Comparative Hip are still the vogue.

"We are slow on the uptake," Imbri remarked.

Ceri was a hard taskmistress, but she wouldn't stay angry because I was slow on the uptake.

Of the world's largest economies, only the UK and USA are slow on the uptake.

But poor William, who, being trapped in the 19th century, is not as attuned to dysfunctional families as we are, is slower on the uptake.

And I'd thought the coven was slow on the uptake when they didn't chase the serpent out into the garden after me and Colin.

Della Femina says that Madison Avenue has been slow on the uptake in marketing to seniors.

In case you are slow on the uptake, Windows XP Service Pack 2 is all about security.

I told you I'm a little slow on the uptake.

He must be getting rather slow on the uptake in his old age!

You have been a bit slow on the uptake with this.

I knew the birds would come, but they'd been slow on the uptake this year.

It helped to remember that Hollywood is sometimes slow on the uptake.

Willie's only problem is he's just a little bit slower on the uptake than the rest of us.

That's where teachers used to sit children who were slow on the uptake."

Just, this place gets to you sooner or later, and I have to say my sister was slow on the uptake from a child.

Monica, a little slow on the uptake, wants to interfere in human lives.

I never saw anyone so slow on the uptake.

While sometimes slow on the uptake, Kurt is a gentle and kind boy.

As institutions, schools have been slow on the uptake of participatory culture.

But if New York has been slow on the uptake, it is making up for lost time.

"We might have been a bit slow on the uptake, but we're not stupid.

"They're working hard and their hearts are in the right place, but they've been slow on the uptake," said a Western official.

She spoke in measured tones, as if to a child who was slow on the uptake.

A bit slow on the uptake, Eric is puzzled but intrigued.

Parents are not that slow on the uptake, and his father is a doctor.'

He is quiet, aloof, and a bit slow on the uptake.

Excuse me if I'm slow on the uptake, but no one seems much interested in languages these days.

His mind, though somewhat slower on the uptake, was totally relaxed.

You didn't want to be slow on the uptake around vampires.

The blow to the head he'd suffered must be making him a little slow on the uptake, Luke decided.

But he later becomes significantly slower on the uptake.