Sentences with phrase «preside over his daughter»
His newly acquired wisdom is put to the test when he enlists the neighborhood elephant to preside over his daughter's Hindu wedding and falls in love with the groom's mother.
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Redstone and daughter Shari have been trying to get rid of Dauman for months, arguing that he has failed to build value at the company and has presided over a huge drop in the share price (VIAB).
Therese (Tautou), the daughter of a wealthy land - owner, marries the equally endowed Bernard (Lellouche), an older man who presides over a neighboring estate, and the two families join their land together to form one large pinery.
Though Hank has been estranged for at least several years (the daughter has never met the grandparents on that side), the death is reason enough for him to return to his small hometown of Carlinville, Indiana, where his father, Joseph Palmer (Robert Duvall), has presided as judge for over forty years to widespread respect.
On the rare occasions when Alice is alone with one of her sons, rather than presiding over a gaggle of cartoonishly crass daughters, Leo can be affecting, but I'm reminded of Cary Grant's line in Bringing Up Baby: «Now it isn't that I don't like you, Susan, because after all, in moments of quiet I'm strangely drawn toward you.