Sentence examples similar to have told off from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sales was rumored to have told off-color jokes to his young listeners, but he denied that.

Michel later told a Belgian news agency he had told off Cauderlier for using "unacceptable words" towards RTBF.

'Sometimes we get told off for having loud music - but that is normally Adam, not the children.

"So far today three people have told me off, out of the blue," he said, at his post on the Upper West Side.

Some bishops have told me off the record that they are stewing that colleagues who have failed to protect children make them all look bad — but then news is never about the planes that land safely.

He may have told me off not so long ago, despite my fine work here over the years.

Or whatever food floats your boat and that diets have told you are off-limits if you want to avoid gaining weight.

If I'd asked him for permission, they'd have told me to fuck off anyway".

If I had stayed there, I would have told that guy to f off".

Lots of parents have told me that the turn-off-the-video-games confrontations can be tougher to handle than the turn-off-the-TV moments.

Or they might have told me to fuck off.