Sentence examples for to borrow the plot of from inspiring English sources

"They never asked Doctor Who to borrow the plot of the Ark in Space," said Moffat, a reference to four Doctor Who episodes, starring Tom Baker, from 1975.

In addition to borrowing the plot from Metroid, Metroid: Zero Mission introduces new cinematics to push the story forward.

The 17th-century fabulist Jean de la Fontaine may have borrowed the plots of many of his animal allegories from Aesop and early Persian storytellers, yet the resulting "Fables" could not be more French.

Honda and its agency, RPA, paid a fee to Paramount Pictures to borrow elements of the plot of the movie.

"He shot him in the back," I sobbed, borrowing from the plot of the "Bobby's Hero" episode of "The Brady Bunch" that I had just watched.

The trouble with the earlier film – at least if you're a Portis fan – is that even though it sticks pretty close to the plot of the book, and borrows lots of dialogue, it's really only about one thing: John Wayne.

While it borrows weirdly from the plot of Adam West's Batman movie, this game finally figures out what made GoldenEye work, and applies it across the board.

To borrow one of the British Board of Film Classification's carefully calibrated alerts, the next time you visit the cinema there is a "moderate threat" of an onscreen plot spoiler before the film, supplied by... the British Board of Film Classification.

Intended amount to borrow – Majority of the lenders offer various rates at different borrowing levels.

In borrowing problems, neglect patients would have to borrow from the neglected (left) part of the stimulus.

Besides borrowing the overall plot structure of the Cape Fear films, the episode made several direct references to specific scenes from the films.