11.   Compact and round, she was told for years that she would never become a dancer.

12.   Cubans have been told for many years that the decades-long U.S. trade embargo against their country prevents them from buying even aspirin from their northern neighbor.

13.   Friends who have run marathons had been telling me for weeks what to expect.

14.   God has been expelled from public schools, religious conservatives have told us for years.

15.   He has gradually learned to share with and trust in his teammates, after being told for so long that he was the sole option on offense.

16.   Having been told for years their country is doomed, the Japanese are becoming immune to these fears.

17.   He has a different story to tell for every rocky formation to the west that the sun passes over.

18.   His coach, Wolfgang Schadler, had been telling him for a year that the track was built for him.

19.   I told him for me it was Sophocles.

20.   Like a war veteran, a woman who has endured a difficult labor has a story to tell for the rest of her life.