Example sentences of "[modal v] not tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
2 | Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight . |
3 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
4 | You could n't tell it from the real thing . ’ |
5 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
6 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
7 | erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career . |
8 | ‘ It 's a long story and one I ca n't tell you in the street . |
9 | The House will be interested to hear from another Scottish Labour Member of Parliament who will not tell us about the Labour party 's policy on Ravenscraig . |
10 | Well she wo n't tell me about the other one . |
11 | Well er my mother went down the yard , I wo n't tell you about the other , sister . |
12 | More than that we can not tell you at the moment , but we will , of course , give you a full ( p ) review as soon as it is possible . |
13 | Biological science can not tell us of the mind of a creature any more than it can understand the nature and functioning of our human minds . |
14 | Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems . |
15 | It can not tell us about the meaning of the term ‘ popular music ’ , since that meaning , ideologically replete , has been pushed outside the frame of reference . |