These tales take place from ancient times up until 1900.

The play also often seems disjointed; it's rarely clear when the various tales are taking place.

Perhaps because they are supposed to have been written by a man in his late 60's, these tales take a wide, retrospective view.

My tale is a complex one and may take some time to tell.

How the lighting industry got from this point in its technology to today's sources is a tale of technical give and take.

As everything was going in a merry way, the tale takes a sudden turn.

The tale of the battle took far less time to tell than it had to fight.

But now this improbable tale, which won headlines across the nation, has taken another turn.

The tales take place in the period from the mid-21st-century to the mid-twenty-second.

It seems to me that your tale will take some telling.