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01. She was hit by a drunk driver, and seriously injured, so she [sued] the guy for over $25,000.
02. Some lady in the U.S. [sued] MacDonald's for thousands of dollars after she burnt herself with her coffee because she said their coffee was too hot.
03. The brakes on their new car failed while they were driving it, and they were in a serious accident, so they are [suing] the company that made it for over $1 million.
04. She [sued] her husband for divorce after discovering that he was having an affair with her best friend.
05. The doctor was [sued] by a patient who almost died after she was prescribed the wrong kind of medicine.
06. Actress Kim Basinger was [sued] by a movie company after she broke a contract to star in their movie.
07. The politician [sued] the newspaper after it printed an article which accused him of lying to the public.
08. Richard was [sued] by a neighbor after he hit her while backing out of his driveway.
09. A number of people in Canada are [suing] the government for experimenting on them with drugs while they were patients in a mental hospital about 40 years ago.
10. Thousands of woman in this country have filed a [suit] against a company which manufactures breast implants, after suffering health problems caused by leaks from the implants.
11. The school was [sued] by the parents of a young girl who was seriously injured in gym class when a piece of equipment broke while she was using it.
12. She threatened to [sue] her neighbor if he ever touched her son, after the neighbor said he would spank the boy for stealing apples from his tree.
13. In 1990, it was reported that two ex-members of the Swedish rock group Abba were [suing] their record company for cheating them out of a portion of their royalties.
14. In December of 1970, Paul McCartney [sued] the other three Beatles to dissolve their partnership, and gain control of his financial interests.
15. Fred Allen once joked, "I learned law so well, the day I graduated I [sued] the college, and got my tuition fees back."

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Sue — Sue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suing}.] [OE. suen, sewen, siwen, OF. sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut, suit, he follows, nous sevons we follow), LL. sequere, for L. sequi, secutus; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. sac to accompany, and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sue — [sju: US su:] v [I and T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Anglo French; Origin: suer to follow, make a legal claim to , from Vulgar Latin sequere, from Latin sequi; SEQUENCE] 1.) to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sue — [ su ] verb intransitive or transitive ** to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit: If we go public with these allegations, do you think …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sue — [sjuː ǁ suː] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW to make a legal claim against someone, especially for an amount of money, because you have been harmed in some way: • If the builders don t fulfil their side of the contract, we ll sue. sue for •… …   Financial and business terms

  • Sue — Sue, v. i. 1. To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead. [1913 Webster] By adverse destiny constrained to sue For counsel and redress, he sues to you. Pope. [1913 Webster] C[ae]sar came to Rome to sue for the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sue —   [sy], Eugène, eigentlich Marie Joseph Sue, französischer Schriftsteller, * Paris 10. 12. 1804, ✝ Annecy 3. 8. 1857; reiste als Schiffsarzt nach Asien, Afrika und Amerika, vertrat 1848 als sozialrevolutionärer Abgeordneter in der… …   Universal-Lexikon

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