Example sentences of "not tell him [adv] " in BNC.

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1 So they did not tell him where Jesus was , but made their way home without going back to Jerusalem .
2 Miranda did not tell him why she had not had the nerve to buttonhole Meursault again , in a later break in the filming .
3 She was so glad that Len was back by her side , and yet she dared not tell him why , because he would only be angry and perhaps start a fight and worry afterwards anyway .
4 But she would not tell him yet .
5 The poser being , of course , that she could not tell him either the true reason she was here , or even who she really was .
6 It did not tell him how many French had crossed the frontier , nor whether blücher was concentrating his army ; all it told him was that a French force had pushed back the Prussian outposts .
7 She knew she had better not tell him how much it had cost .
8 We did not tell him how glad we were that he had stayed away from the moor !
9 She would n't tell him anyway .
10 Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion .
11 He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were .
12 Dolly said one had got in , that he threatened to do her in if she did n't tell him where all the valuables were .
13 No , the first thing he launched into was a harangue about how Gillian 's mother would n't tell him where we were staying .
14 Charlie looked in , wanting Josie , but Lucy could n't tell him where she 'd gone .
15 No no do n't tell him where I live .
16 ‘ I wo n't tell him yet .
17 He 'll waver if you do n't tell him when to take off .
18 He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open .
19 I do n't tell him why I was so keen to accept a commission which involved six weeks in Africa , from a fading and somewhat ridiculous Hollywood producer .
20 But I did n't tell him why I wanted it .
21 I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) .
22 He did n't tell him why .
23 That did n't tell him much .
24 AS the saying goes , you can always tell Sir Ranulph — aye , but you ca n't tell him much .
25 I ca n't tell him how this exercise fits into the human background .
26 ‘ I hope you did n't tell him how we found out . ’
27 I did n't tell him how she had caught hold of my hair again when I was reaching under the bed .
28 Anyway , you simply hand over everything you 've got and try to be polite with it , by which I mean do n't tell him how to do his own job .
29 She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along .
30 She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along .
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