They continued like this as the rounds wore on, Chieng doing her best, but simply overpowered.
If, said Mr Berezovsky, the president continued like this, he would not serve out his full term in office.
"Look at me!" Arum continued like this, about boxing, about Mitt Romney, about a fight as savage and thrilling and conclusive as they come.
The conversation, Orlov recalled, continued like this for some time, until, in the middle of the night, Kadyrov "began to talk about emotional things, what a blow the death of his father was, how important his father was to him".
Add the matching figure of Claudio Miranda, another wild man from distant shores, who had already picked up the Best Cinematography award for "Life of Pi," and you had to admit that, logically, if things continued like this, the crowning prize of the night would be going to Legolas.
And as soon as I had closed the distance and was 10 metres away again, it flew onwards – we continued like this for maybe half a mile; it was as if the bird was guiding me, waiting for me to follow.
