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Meanings of invent the story in English

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Usage of invent the story in English
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Why, did I invent the story of Phaedra?
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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That was why she had to invent the story of an embezzling manager, to cover her own shortcomings.
Seen and Unseen
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In the past Allen has suggested that Mia Farrow invented the story.
The Guardian
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But Mr Jones said the complainant had invented the story; rather than blocked it.
Radio NZ
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On his death Castaing had invented the story of Mme.
A Book of Remarkable Criminals
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I invented the story of her having lost herself here, in order to shield her.
Sant' Ilario
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I will not lie to you, so I tell you that I invented the story.
Sant' Ilario
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I don't suppose that Miss Altifiorla has invented the story out of her own head.
Kept in the Dark
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You might think I had invented the story.
The Store Boy
10
Cummings responded that Trump had invented the story.
Reuters
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Quite early the Buddhists invented the story that the Bodhisattva Ju T'ung was really Confucius incarnate.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China
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He knew that she had invented the story, and she was annoyed by his lack of concern.
The new yorker
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I suspected Tribune Vetus invented the story.
Celtic fire
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Gunther is of knightly veracity, and I invented the story of the legacy, in anticipation of that question.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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Can you tell the who invented the story that the Swedes got their present king from the Germans?
Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts
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It is clear, therefore, that Galland neither invented the story nor borrowed it from Straparola or Madame d'Aulnois.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13
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