Example sentences of "not tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 2 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 3 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 4 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 5 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
| 6 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
| 7 | Better not tell her the truth . |
| 8 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 9 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 10 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 11 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And then she added , ‘ But why not tell you the truth ? |
| 14 | Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots |
| 15 | I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing . |
| 16 | We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone . |
| 17 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
| 18 | We can not tell who the members of such a union might be . |
| 19 | This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments . |
| 20 | The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive . |