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That's often the brilliance of a thought, that people put their own meaning in to it," says Hegarty, one of the founders of the BBH agency, recalling his trip 30 years ago to the Audi workshop during which the genus of the idea was born.
Recalling his journalistic mentor, former Times editor Charlie Wilson, the brilliant Matthew Parris once said: "Charlie, foremost among others, instilled in me the understanding that journalism is a trade, not an art or a work of genius.
She had remained sprightly throughout, recalling how they "scampered down over the stones after the manner of the goats... clearing the ground at a famous speed" to get down the valley.
"Make this the year YOU discover a new destination," he sarcastically writes in its captions, recalling the banal exhortations of holiday brochures.
"I wouldn't call it a band," he says, recalling his efforts as a 17-year-old.
Hirst is delighted with the commanding pose – intended ironically, but recalling old master paintings of popes and princes.
It stated: "It is also worth recalling previous intelligence to the effect that Mr Lynch's intelligence officers in Northern Ireland are Messrs Cooper, Currie, O'Hanlon and Hume, the latter having now publicly stated that only a United Ireland now will satisfy the minority".
Watson, who emerged from a miserable personal series with a dominant Test-best 176 to fire Australia to 307 for four, burst out laughing when asked whether he had been pleased to hear that England were handing a debut to the young Lancashire spinner Simon Kerrigan rather than recalling Chris Tremlett to their bowling attack.
In recalling a brace of 35-year-olds, Brad Haddin – not just as first-choice keeper but vice-captain – and the Middlesex captain, Chris Rogers, who has a single Test appearance on which to draw, John Inverarity and colleagues have tried to put some backbone into an animal that appeared invertebrate.
It's been completely rebuilt since 1996 and is now a beautiful stadium," said Dyke, recalling the last time that England hosted a major football tournament at Euro 96.
The GOI appears to sense this and so far is publicly floating a non-kinetic response: suspension of the Composite Dialogue, recalling the Ambassador to Islamabad, and cancelling cricket matches, even at neutral venues.
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The primary grammatical function of "recalling" is that of a present participle or gerund . As a participle, it often acts as part of a verb phrase describing an ongoing action (e.g., "He was recalling..."). As a gerund, it functions as a noun (e.g., "Recalling the event was difficult"). Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
