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In all her life she had never told a lie.
They had to tell a lie for the greater good.
Everything he did was to get the job done without telling a lie.
And he knows what happens if you tell a lie.
She'd let her back be broken rather than tell a lie.
He also knew me well enough to guess when I was telling a lie.
He will not tell a lie, even a small one, or break a rule.
So they tried to take the heat off themselves by telling a lie.
My mouth got set to tell a lie, and then I stopped.
George never told a lie, and the others always believed her, whatever she said.
"If you tell a lie long enough, some people will begin to believe it," she said.
"Why would you tell a lie like that about an innocent woman?"
He even begged the president, I will not tell a lie.
Let those who have never told a lie cast the first stone!
I do not believe he was capable of telling a lie.
And we heard how he would never tell a lie."
In fact, he sounded like a man who was telling a lie.
I've never said a single swear word since, or told a lie.
But telling a lie is different to a child than to an adult.
But you find very few people who don't at some point tell a lie.
Oh, every now and then you meet a good one, but most people have not had the practice it takes to tell a lie properly.
At six telling a lie is still a great burden.
The good doctor, who is married, cannot tell a lie, ever.
The judge asked if it was "bad" to tell a lie.
And what's the best way to tell a lie if you have to?"