Sentence examples for recalled a bit from inspiring English sources

"I remember begging Matt not to change the roofline," Mrs. Seelig recalled a bit ruefully.

In his 1988 book of essays, "Prepared for the Worst," Christopher Hitchens recalled a bit of advice given to him by the South African Nobel Laureate Nadine Gordimer.

One brother and his friends made up stories called "Christmas Tragedies," for which they invented and recited straight-faced accounts of misery — Jones fondly recalled a bit in which a plane full of pregnant nuns crashes into an orphanage.

In a recent book called "The Glory of Their Game," the Detroit hero Gordie Howe recalled, a bit vaguely, how "one of our guys got into a fight with Dickie Moore" as Moore, a Montreal player, walked to the breakfast car.

That is, if you recall a bit of Latin.

To understand why, you need to recall a bit of history.

Colbert, recalling a bit about the awarding of the foreign-language Academy Award, calls it "possibly the most racist sketch ever committed to tape".

Grant Robertson, who worked as a volunteer campaign official for Hobbs and helped organise fundraising events, recalls a "bit of a fuss" but can't remember minor details – such as the diplomatic might of the US state department being involved.

His foreign accents, usually a broad interpretation of Spanish or French, recall a bit of Monty Python, but he does wonders with Cardinal Wolsey, Cromwell's witty and worldly mentor, whose plummy voice seems to come straight from Robert Morley's cinematic rendition of Oscar Wilde.

Before reading too much into last night's debate in Denver, which the talking heads and Twitterers almost unanimously proclaimed a big victory on points for Mitt Romney (some pronounced it a T.K.O ., it is as well to recall a bit of history.

Then there's the anger, which won't surprise anybody who recalls a bit about Donahue's politics.