At the reunion my grandmother sighed and said it is a wise child that knows his own father, a proverb she used whenever paternity was the subject of gossip.

When he joked about 'stretching the sausage', I chuckled and said, 'I've never heard it called that before'.

Fancy that, he actually remembered my birthday without a reminder.

When she overheard the gossip about the teacher, she whispered, 'let him that is without sin cast the first stone,' and walked away.

We canceled the hike, being that the trail was closed due to flooding.

I prefer that one over there because it's more durable.

When the publisher rejected her manuscript and the editor resigned, she folded her arms and said, "that's all she wrote."

When Ben complained that the engine was difficult to handle, Lisa smirked and replied, that's what she said.

She'll need more time to finish the project; that is to say, she can't meet the original deadline.

If we finish packing by noon, that'll've given us plenty of time to catch the train.