Sentence examples for used to lying from inspiring English sources

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I just got used to lying about watching telly – prefer that, to be honest".

A spokesman for the Forces for National Liberation, Pasteur Habimana, said, "This is not the first agreement, and Burundi negotiators are used to lying to each other".

The solution, in the fast-moving world of competitive parenting, has come to be known as "tummy time", a prescribed period of play each day in which the baby gets used to lying on its belly.

He is fond of sleep (his friend Ian McEwan likens him to Oblomov, Goncharov's character who refuses to leave his bed) and, travelling back on the plane, was exhausted after his Indonesian exploits: "I'm used to lying around all day with the cat".

–WILLIAM FULBRIGHT You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.

"I just think they are used to lying and getting away with it, more hubris than anything," he said.

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But it'll take more than these two entries to remind us of the earnestness that used to lie in Depp's oddball hands.

He used to lie awake for hours.

"I used to lie, I'm afraid," he confessed.

I used to lie about what I did.

I used to lie there" – she gestured to a bed – "listening to you.

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