Example sentences of "[verb] not tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not-do n't tell me that it 's our friend Sir Henry ! ’ |
| 2 | You did not tell me what you had been doing , or where you had been , and you were not interested in whatever I might have been doing . |
| 3 | Faith did not tell me about this , you know , she would have realised how angry I should be . |
| 4 | I once used Body Positive to put someone recently diagnosed in touch , and I once went to a THT Safe Sex talk out of interest , but the latter was like going to a CHE ( Campaign for Homosexual Equality ) meeting for the first time and did not tell me anything I did not already know . |
| 5 | We set out before 7 a.m. , but Jean-Claude did not tell me how far away the château stood , or how long it would take to reach the boundary of the domain . |
| 6 | He did not tell me for what crime , and I did not raise the subject with Jean-Claude . |
| 7 | But she did not tell me about the food , or the cold , or the unkind teachers . |
| 8 | I know Maria did not tell me that the food was often burnt and uneatable , or that they could not sleep because the beds were too cold . |
| 9 | She did not tell me that the poor hungry children had to wash with ice in the morning , and walk through wet snow to sit for two hours with icy feet in a cold church on Sundays . |
| 10 | She did not tell me that many of the children at the school were ill . |
| 11 | What he did not tell me — and I only learnt during the course of the journey — was that we were adding about a thousand miles to our route . |
| 12 | My father knew all this , but did not tell me . |
| 13 | My uncle told me you were beautiful , but he did not tell me how beautiful . ’ |
| 14 | Even so , thought Fergus , staring up at the light , even so , there is something Dierdriu did not tell me . |
| 15 | She did not tell me that . |
| 16 | He did not tell me of his coming to Bourani as a man tells something that chances to occur to him ; but far more as a dramatist tells an anecdote where the play requires . |
| 17 | ‘ I said I would kill you if you did not tell me , ’ Jotan said coolly . |
| 18 | ‘ You did not tell me , Master , that you spent the night down here in the hall playing cat's-cradle with Mistress Rachel ? ’ |
| 19 | Now " Cocky " did not tell me what his list was intended for , I had assumed that Gibson was referring to his own unit , No 106 Squadron . |
| 20 | Nevertheless do not tell me of it , even to confirm me ; for it is what we can not analyse or arrange , any more than the rich simplicity of childhood . |
| 21 | Do not tell me that they are old ideas . |
| 22 | Please do not tell me that the object of professional boxing is to accumulate points by touching parts of the opponent 's head . |
| 23 | ‘ You question me as though I were a pedlar but you do not tell me what you are doing in the forest . |
| 24 | Do not tell me that Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalwolsey , renowned in the ranks of chivalry , has been deprived of all dealings with the female kind ? |
| 25 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
| 26 | Foolish because if you do not tell me , I have the power to take you away from the river bank , away from the sun and light , and shut you in the caracol for ever . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Is that why you did n't tell me , because you were thinking of me , of her … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ But she did n't tell me she was going . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You did n't tell me you had a son , ’ Mackintosh went on . |
| 30 | ‘ He did n't tell me . ’ |