Sentence examples for commented in passing from inspiring English sources

Bragg-time Speaking to me last week in the run up to his BBC One films about the state of culture in a time of economic crisis, Art in Troubled Times, Alan Yentob commented in passing on the demise of the Imagine arts strand's longer standing rival, ITV1's The South Bank Show, and on the television future of its veteran host Melvyn Bragg.

"This is more in the vein of historic binding," she comments in passing, quickly moving on to the next thing.

When I was near the end, my mother made a comment in passing about me having a nervous breakdown.

A few days later, de Grey mentioned Powell's comments in passing during a conversation with Carrington.

Unfortunately, I read this comment in passing and now can't even remember the article it was in response to, so I cannot adequately give credit where it is due.

Some studies do comment, in passing, on gender differences but do not explicitly set out to compare the experiences of men and women.

Even in "nice" suburbs, towpaths near pubs can be through-routes for "apres-boozers" on the way home: "high-spirited" youths can make loud comments in passing (not usually meant to threaten, but unsettling to some) or even think it a huge joke to untie your boat (annoying, but rarely dangerous, on a canal).

According to Michael Azerrad, the two met at the Satyricon nightclub in Portland in 1989, though Cobain biographer Charles Cross stated the date was actually February 12 , 1990 and that Cobain playfully wrestled Love to the floor after she commented to him in passing that he looked like Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum.

First, many of the more provocative discussions of Skolem's Paradox are quite brief amounting to little more than suggestive comments made in passing.

Rebellion took inspiration for several missions from comments made in passing from the Star Wars films.

He does mention Citizens United in passing, commenting that the law it overturned had called for fast judicial review.