Sentence examples for say a reference from inspiring English sources

The White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, joked to ABC's This Week that "He's got his life back, as he would say," a reference to Hayward's much lamented comment.

When it came time for "First Cut Is the Deepest," by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, Mr. Stewart blithely noted that the songwriter had since "turned to the cloth, shall we say," a reference to his conversion to Islam.

"I preached this morning — when the storm passes," he said, a reference to an old hymn.

"I have a message for Pennsylvania,'' Erdoğan said, a reference that must have baffled many non-Turks.

"The problem is that everyone's focusing on Papi not hitting," he said, a reference to his nickname.

It is like the postwar years of 1946 to 1947," he said, a reference to the Communist purges under Tito.

"That's The Vision," Owen says, a reference to the protagonist's farm in On the Black Hill.

"The Taliban is disinterested in synthetic biology," he said, a reference to the opium trade in Afghanistan.

"No Robert Reichs," he said, a reference to the leftish adviser who was Mr Clinton's labour secretary.

"The Expo won't make architectural history," he said, a reference to the architectural gems of the Beijing Olympics.

"And 99 percent of them play 770," he said, a reference to the building's address, 770 Eastern Parkway.