Example sentences of "not tell [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scarlet had understood that she was meant to understand that Brian was a hopeless father and a worthless human being , and she had not told him of the call . |
| 2 | ‘ Did you not tell him about the Englishman ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And , no , we did not tell her about the dog collar . |
| 4 | But she did not tell me about the food , or the cold , or the unkind teachers . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Fazisi does not tell us about the birth of the dream and the background of the person who was the heart of it as Maiden does , it is not as personal . |
| 9 | Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems . |
| 10 | The other factor to consider is that the figures do not tell us about the amount of borrowing which comes about from increases in mortgages used for purposes other than house purchase . |
| 11 | Agreeing that naïve empiricism is insufficient and that language does not tell us about the world in any simple , unmediated , or transparent way , they still believe that a sense of reality can be conveyed by language ( the position derided as mere ‘ common sense ’ by the Newest Criticism ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | There were a few nasty expletives in the air and the thought that , if they had n't told me about the dyke , what might I encounter later on ? |
| 14 | She had n't told him in the beginning because it was totally unimportant to her — her family was not religious — and then , after they had been married a while and she had discovered he was extremely intolerant about various classes of people — not Jews , in fact , but Negroes and Catholics — she had been afraid to tell him in case he should think she had deliberately concealed her origins because she had not trusted him . |
| 15 | Mr Yossi Sarid , of the leftwing opposition Citizens Rights Movement , quoted from the lyrics : ‘ Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her eye . |
| 16 | Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her childhood . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't tell me about the music festival starting next week in Pollensa — every Sunday for a month in the cloisters of Santo Domingo . ’ |
| 18 | He did n't tell me about the death-threat . |
| 19 | ‘ You did n't tell her about the collar ? ’ |
| 20 | I did n't tell him about the handbill I had found ; indeed , I quickly dismissed that as a mere coincidence . |
| 21 | She did n't tell him about the snake . |
| 22 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
| 23 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
| 24 | We did n't tell them about the Germans because we did n't want them to be more worried than they were already . |
| 25 | If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone . |
| 26 | If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone . |
| 27 | Cos one two two or three things associated with this contract if you do n't if you surprise them with erm with them face to face and you do n't tell them on the phone they 'll blow you out . |
| 28 | Erm so but I wanted to point out two or three things on this contract that if you do n't tell them on the phone about them before you get round there they they 'll use it |
| 29 | If you if there are certain things that if you do n't tell them on the phone , including the price , we tell we talk price . |
| 30 | No no she did n't tell us about the loft . |