Sentence examples for told politely from inspiring English sources

He said he had not even known that Mr. Ashcroft had named Mr. Comey acting attorney general, and when told, politely let the eavesdropping matter drop.

The man, who it transpired later was from Afghanistan, was told politely why he was stopped and that he was going to get a ticket.

She began to walk over to help the agent repack the bag, but was told politely that she was not allowed to touch the suitcase during the inspection.

She used to show up at her daughters' school to volunteer, only to be told politely that her help wasn't needed.

"I remember being put off the beach in Edgartown" — a neighboring, mostly white town — "and told politely that it was only for people who lived in Edgartown," she recalled.

But Google probably won't bother sending its cruisers there very often, and Aunt Nosyanne will be dealt with the old-fashioned way, by being told, politely, that we just don't do this sort of thing here.

"It's not my passion," Quijada told her politely.

"I told him, politely, I was with CBS and that what he said was inappropriate," wrote Deb.

"I took Ed aside and told him politely that he had to leave," Peterson writes.

"You should just wait until you hear from one of our negotiators," he told me politely.

But the elite Ukrainian battalion, based outside the Crimean town of Feodosia, told them politely but firmly to get lost.