Sentence examples for told over dinner from inspiring English sources

He plays piano and banjo and, as a bluegrass aficionado, immediately recognized the name of Ricky Skaggs when told over dinner in Manhattan that Mr. Skaggs was scheduled to perform in town in a few days.

Nandi Mandela, one of 18 grandchildren, recalled how Mandela enjoyed poking fun at himself with stories told over dinner: "One of his favourite stories was of him chasing a piece of chicken with a fork at a dinner table with a family of a girl that he wanted as his girlfriend.

El Tovar Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona From the moment you step through the old wooden doors into the vaulting lobby, El Tovar's special communion with history is palpable, as much in the quiet grandeur of its Oregon pine lodge poles as in the loving yarns told over dinner and drinks by its loyal staff.

"The smartest thing the paper did was to turn itself into a true national newspaper, with the very best Web site," a Times writer told me recently over dinner.

Saugy was responding to claims made by the head of the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) Travis Tygart, who told US television programme 60 Minutes that Saugy had told him over dinner he had met Armstrong and his US Postal Team manager Johan Bruyneel at the request of the UCI in 2002 to explain how the EPO test worked.

"Listen, I'm not some bleeding-heart liberal," Timoney told me over dinner one night.

The job of an engineer, Balmond told me over dinner in London one night, is to "route gravity through structure".

"It's a constant challenge, looking for places where the coral isn't dead," Thaingar told me over dinner.

"Távora was a very cultivated man," Mr. Siza told me over dinner in Porto Alegre.

"Every week," Janet told me over dinner, "it's a major energy shift".

But she told him over dinner that she was a girl of 15.