Sentence examples for had told a lie from inspiring English sources

But when Mr. Apfel asked him if he had told a lie earlier in the day, when he first said he used only marijuana while he worked at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Faneuil responded strongly.

"I never lied once; in fact, I don't think I've told a lie in my life".

"Can you say that neither you nor President Clinton has told a lie in your political career?" she asked.

When we say that someone has told a lie, we are therefore making a moral judgment, not (as Campbell imagines) an epistemological one.

A more difficult issue is how far, if at all, a child witness should be confronted with a specific accusation of having told a lie, where the essence of the defence case is that the child's evidence is untrue.

You are not allowed to call an honourable MP a liar, but everybody knows that when a parliamentarian says a colleague has been "economical with the truth", it means the person has told a lie.

Quote Message: You are not allowed to call an honourable MP a liar, but everybody knows that when a parliamentarian says a colleague has been "economical with the truth", it means the person has told a lie.

Most of us have told a lie a time or two and probably a variety of them.

He has told a lie so grotesque that it goes beyond the pale of even dirty politics.

Most people have told a lie to get laid, but not many of us have done so backed by the state.

That means that these participants were actually willing to give away more money than they would keep for themselves in order to make up for having told a lie.