Sentence examples for that a lie from inspiring English sources

In the quaint steam age of Mark Twain it was the case, as the writer allegedly noted, that: "A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes".

"Was that a lie?

"That a lie," Mr. Afsar testified.

Mr. Christie called that "a lie".

Is that a lie? "No".

I don't call that a lie.

When I said, You're safe, I'm here, was that a lie or did you believe it?

Many might agree with Hanning's view that "A lie ain't a side of the story.

Meanwhile, the perjury statute requires not just that a lie be deliberate but also that it be "material".

The idea that a lie-detector test (or the refusal to take one) could be considered evidence cuts to the core of the problems in the Willingham case: a reliance on unreliable and unsound scientific techniques.

Waugh, who scored 10,927 Test runs for Australia, believes the scandal has damaged the sport's reputation and he is confident that a lie-detector scheme could help restore confidence.