Sentences with phrase «recounts tales»

The other, which is available in print and online form, recounts tales of notable figures associated with the building.

Leon shares episodes from her life in Venice, explores her love of opera, and recounts tales from in and around her country house in the mountains.

If the image he cuts isn't enough to give you doubts, then Hardwick's material might do the trick, as he talks about having a threesome under the influence but forgetting it, brags about almost losing his virginity at 15, and recounts tales of killing a bird and a shark.

While recounting tales of his epic writing sessions with fellow Monty Python collaborator Graham Chapman, Cleese remembered a time he had lost the work he had done on a sketch.

She recounted the tale of Jennifer Tarenta, who incurred $ 750 in unexpected mobile phone charges on her iPhone while on holiday in the Dominican Republic.

Shelley Giglio, Director of Label Operations, recounts the tale from 2 Samuel 6:13: «It says that they went six steps, laid the Ark of the Covenant down, and then they built an altar and worshiped.

Without even so much as a stop - me - if - you've - heard - this - one (since most of us already have), we recount the tale of a man who sided with the disinherited and the heartbroken, who became the hope of those who had lost all hope, who was tortured to death and sealed in a tomb.

In a harrowing do - it - yourself book, Aron Ralston recounts the tale of his desperate self - amputation

Professor Yin shakes his head as he finishes recounting this tale.

Writing in BMJ Case Reports, gastroenterologists in Portugal recount the tale of a 32 - year - old patient who was admitted to the hospital with severe stomach pain, vomiting, and a week - long fever.

Reel Goodies (0:11 into documentary) Tom Sizemore hilariously recounts the tale of his nose - shattering run - in with Lewis.

His story is told in flashbacks as he recounts his tale of woe to a beautiful recovering addict.

One mother sobs as she recounts the tale of waiting for her child outside of an Internet café, watching the kids leave and looking for her young boy.

He takes her home to care for her, where she begins to recount her tale over eight chapters.

Though Nickerson is the one recounting the tale of the Essex's demise, the movie includes moments from Chase and Pollard's perspectives that Nickerson's 14 - year - old self (played by Tom Holland) simply wouldn't be privy to, which makes the whole framing device pointless.

A dreamlike wandering through the streets of Istanbul, Grant Gee's film recounts the tale of doomed love from Orhan Pamuk's best - selling novel The Museum of Innocence.

Loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen, The Butler recounts the tale of Cecil Gaines (a fine Forest Whitaker), butler to 7 presidents (Allen served 8), from Eisenhower to Reagan.

They are promoting a fantasy, with heroes like Timothy, who doesn't have a contrarian bone, in his body and his parents, whose poor judgment is played for laughs as they recount their tale to a much too receptive and patient adoption agent (Shohreh Aghdashloo).

That's Ian Fleming's superior to him as he recounts the tale of his journey into Germany to retrieve nuclear plans.

The fantastical story of young Pi, played wonderfully by absolute newcomer Suraj Sharma, is bookended by adult Pi, a perfectly cast Irrfan Kahn, recounting the tale to a writer, Rafe Spall.

But there's no found - footage conceit here: The film recounts the tale of three scouts preparing for their last campout, who instead find themselves battling to save their town from zombies.

What we do know for certain from hands - off previews though is that Red Dead Redemption 2's story will recount the tale of how the villains of the first game, Dutch and the rest of the Van de Linde gang, became the characters Marston turned to hunting down in Red Dead Redemption.

Written by Geoffrey Burke, «7 Days in Entebbe» recounts the tale of a real plane hijacking that looms large in the history of Israel.

Levinson finds more success with the studious editing process, which finds scenes shifting between dramatic events in the present, Axler recounting the tale to his psychiatrist and Axler seemingly rehearsing moments to himself.

High points include a fun «virtual storybook» recounting the tale, and a step - by - step instruction video explaining how to dance to the Bollywood-esque finale.

The movie will recount the tale of a rabbit (Peter played by actor - host James Corden) and his gang of friends who will take on the local villain Mr. Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson), the farmer who can not stand the furry creatures and does his best to get rid of them.

Nickerson recounts the tale of the whaling ship, Essex, to the aspiring author, Melville (Ben Whishaw).

You can't tell me it wouldn't have been as easy — and volumes more entertaining — to recount tales of actual hauntings?

She has nothing but time now, as she recounts the tale of Snow Flower, and asks the gods for forgiveness.

From time to time my writing «leaked out» as I recounted tales of our in - game adventures for the guild website.

Many who survived the March report that their suffering continued long after the «triumph» of the revolution, recounting tales of persecution and ostracism that culminated in the horrific years of the Cultural Revolution.

My book is currently a work in progress — recounting tales of my life at a game lodge in Africa.

Owners recounted tales of a dog swimming through flooded streets and extra food left behind for a tarantula no one was willing to take in.

As Kristen recounted her tale, Lola lay contentedly by her side while the puppyish Mr. Shakes, true to his name, trembled and peeked around the room with a happy grin.

Recount your tales and toast your new friends before relaxing into a real bed.

The guy who never seemed to have any major issues with the Meat Circus, even after hearing endless others recounting their tales of woe.

The exhibition include «Amerika the Stoker» (1993), «The Red Badge of Courage» (1990) and «The River (after Duke Ellington)» (2012) works, responding to Franz Kafka's Amerika, which recounts the tale of a young immigrant shipped off to America by his parents; the American Civil War novel by Stephen Crane; and American composer, pianist, and bandleader Duke Ellington, respectively.

In February, California congressman Dana R. Rohrabacher asks whether the prostitute - turned - performer Annie Sprinkle's show at The Kitchen — «Post Porn Modernist,» during which she recounted tales of sleeping with 3,000 men — sounded «like an appropriate use of tax dollars to you?»

And Dominic takes the opportunity to recount the tale of Kling & Bangâ $ ™ s legendary appearance at Frieze Art Fair.

When looking at Turner the viewer is very used to the curator recounting tales of the artist's exploration of light, which would see his later work viewed in part as a «kind of» precursor of Abstract Expressionism, due to what was considered at the time as an ever egregious application of paint, but one rarely hears tales of the artist's exceptional use of colour.

The first of these recounts the tale of humankind through the deglaciation, including the development of agriculture during the Younger Dryas, up until A.D. 1200.

Recount your tale of attachment to a particular garment, whether it's something from your childhood or something you love now.

This appeared recently on Adam Smith, Esq.: At a meeting at Milbank yesterday, a senior partner had occasion to recount the tale of the pencil - sharpener, which was an actual employee at the firm decades ago.

Johnson cuts a broad swath through the profession, recounting tales from the New York Public Library to a (surprisingly) active virtual library universe in Second Life.

Shannon from Financially Blonde recounts her tale of putting up her tree... and when it comes crashing down (literally) and what sort of lessons about money — and life — she learned from the situation.

I still recall my friend and former colleague Joanna Stern recounting the tale of her mother praising the iPhone for having a calendar, which had been a common feature on Nokia phones since forever, but it was Apple's device that exposed that functionality most readily.

These individuals often recount tales of sending out hundreds of resumes without getting a job.

We recount tales of disastrous development, from project management gone spectacularly bad to inexplicable coding choices.

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Last May, when Wisnefski launched WebiMax, which owns several consumer websites, he recounted the cautionary tale during a meeting with his new management team.

Mackay goes on to recount other tall tales; I'm partial to the sailor who thought a Semper Augustus bulb was an onion, and stole it for his breakfast; «Little did he dream that he had been eating a breakfast whose cost might have regaled a whole ship's crew for a twelvemonth.»