Sentences with phrase «reeling off lists»

He is becoming increasingly prone to reeling off lists of statistics, as Gordon Brown once did.

Cameron has taken to answering these sorts of questions by reeling off lists of supposed government achievements.

During his time on the stand, Amy maintained that other jockeys had discussed fixing races in his presence, and he reeled off a list of names, many of which had been cited by Ciulla.

Gini Wijnaldum for anything over # 20 million may seem excessive and you may be able to reel off a list of better value for money players but if Klopp's happy with the player that should be enough.

MANCHESTER, England — Pep Guardiola was reeling off a list of grievances about Manchester City's Champions League elimination, from offside goals at Anfield and the Etihad Stadium to his previous experiences with Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz, before he stopped in his tracks and insisted that Liverpool, despite all that, deserved congratulations for progressing to the semifinals.

All can reel off a list of achievements by a coalition government that was dealt, by anyone's standards, an awful hand in May 2010.

Cuomo, reeled off a list of improvements around the state and said Legloland, originally pitched to Rockland and turned down, will be a major attraction in Orange County.

He reels off a list of initiatives.

Rather than reeling off a list of accomplishments, however, she played the crowd.

Brown, as is his habit, reels off a list of things the Tories got wrong - duty on petrol, Northern Rock, etc..

Like Tony Blair before him, he reeled off a list of names of police groups and leaders who supported the idea.

He reels off a list of education accomplishments, which sound frankly shallow.

When the noise eventually dies, Brown soon starts reeling off a list of countries with more debt than the UK.

Mr Brown says it's too high and reels off a list of things he's doing about it.

When asked why he was backing David he reeled off a list areas on which they agree: «responsibility, family, duty, the importance of community.»

There was the guy, who when I asked if he enjoyed travel, literally reeled off a list of twenty - something countries, one by one, no further explanation.

Graham Fuller's liner notes for Criterion's disc reel off a list of South Asian - British filmmakers currently working, but I didn't recognize half their names; it seems that much of this work still hasn't crossed the Atlantic.

A television commercial he made in the early «70s, and paid to place on various stations, reeling off a list of great artists» names: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Picasso, and ending with his own name.

Carmen Maura's housewife walks through a film crew in the opening shot as her son reels off a list of writers to his grandmother, asking which of them are realists and which are romantics.

To quote God is a Geek though «It would be easy to sit and reel off a list of things Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS doesn't have, but it's better to focus on what it is.

They've usually already made up their mind, so if you say «no» they reel off a list of reasons why they think they should buy it anyway and pretend you said «yes».

Matthew reeled off the list of noteworthy features, which include cruise control, automatic lights and wipers, automatic dipping rear - view mirror, electric folding mirrors, a DAB radio, four electric windows, tinted glass and a 6.5 in infotainment system.

Shrigley calls non-sectarian Partick Thistle «the thinking football fan's choice», and reels off a list of Glaswegian artists who are regulars at Firhill stadium: «We're a very literate group of fans, unlike the riff - raff who go to the other Glasgow teams.»

Associates could reel off a list of the usual affinity groups, but the most visible was the women's initiative.

If you ask people to reel off a list of some of the most educated professions, the legal profession will undoubtedly get a mention.

They each reeled off a list of comparisons between the two operating systems that would make a reviewer proud.

She reeled off her list instantly — and the third item definitely started us talking: she said she was really happy on a dry day when her washing was all pegged out and just blowing in the wind.

Not exact matches

(I'm assuming someone will be along with the obligatory «list of names» post that just reels off a bunch of people regardless of their suitability.)

By focusing on NHS management pay - offs and waiting times, the Labour leader allowed Cameron to reel off a long list of Soviet - style tractor production figures and to repeatedly refer to Labour's management of the NHS in Wales.

Brown questions his stats, and reels off, rather traditionally, a list of Labour achievements on the issue, including the fact Labour has invested more on literacy than any other British government.

Flippin reflects that thinking when he reels off FibroGen's list of needed specialists: medicinal chemists, bioanalytical experts, cell biologists, enzyme biologists, in vivo pharmacologists, and molecular biologists.

Surrounded by members of his cast, Anderson reeled off the foreign names of his collaborators on the largely German production after thanking the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. members — another list of very foreign - sounding names — to much laughter.

When asked what his cinematic influences were for the latest — and supposedly final — Wolverine stand - alone movie, director James Mangold reeled off an impressive and enticing list that included none - more - classic Western Shane, indie - hit heart - warmer Little Miss Sunshine and Darren Aronofsky's bruising character piece The Wrestler.

Billed as a modern spin - off to the George Clooney led Ocean's Eleven series of heist flicks, the cast list alone is enough to leave you reeling with anticipation, with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter all involved as part of the ensemble effort.

and you reel off 20 people and then you're like, they're all white men — hopefully if I were an artist in 50 years, that list would be very, very different.