Sentence examples for We protested that from inspiring English sources

Even when we protested that we couldn't swallow another bite, he dished more onto our plates, until it was all gone.

"We protest that the supreme court ratified the death sentence and ordered an immediate execution in a case where doubts remain," the open letter read.

If he ever had a friend – a devoted friend in any rank of life – we protest that the name of him or her never reached us".

In October, the general secretary of an international information, communication and technology union representing more than 3 million workers wrote a letter of protest requesting an emergency meeting with a Swiss conference that had invited Bainimarama to speak: "We protest that the ITU [International Telecommunication Union] is showcasing the leader of an illegitimate regime.

We don't protest that "it's all behind us now" when a bank robber is brought to trial.

"We protested against that," Mr. Sahaf said.

We all protested that we don't particularly like it when men pull that elevator stunt — hospital elevators tend to be packed, and the best thing to do if you're near the door is get out promptly — but we had to admit we thought our adolescent sons should know the drill.

We protested and said that is not transparency, we want to know what each company is paying, and we pushed that through.

"We can't possibly finish that!" we protested when our server set down a 18-inch pie studded with tender garlic shoots, arugula, olives and Vermont chèvre.

Flabbergasted, we protested, pointing out that we had all been invited to the meeting and our names had all been cleared by security.

The revolution was right and we don't regret that we protested against the regime.