Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 2 | When Andrée had recovered she said , ‘ And yet you will not tell me that simple thing ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 4 | She did not tell me that . |
| 5 | She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do . |
| 6 | It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more . |
| 7 | ‘ Dorothy , I do n't know quite how to put this , but is there something you 're not telling me that might help me understand this a bit better . |
| 8 | You 're not telling me this Council driver ca n't go any quicker cos he 'll try to get back to before , before twelve o'clock |
| 9 | It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself . |
| 10 | ‘ So you ca n't tell me much ? ’ |
| 11 | Do n't tell me that little toy cost you less than a hundred and twenty , Cullam . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No , he did n't tell me that . ’ |
| 13 | And do n't , ’ she said with sudden vehemence , ‘ do n't tell me that suffering is part of the Almighty package . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I was hoping you would n't tell me that . ’ |
| 15 | You ca n't tell me that was accidental . |
| 16 | You did n't tell me that , did you , Maria ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm so sorry — he did n't tell me that . |
| 18 | Madness runs in her family , but they did n't tell me that . |
| 19 | ‘ But you did n't tell me that ! ’ |
| 20 | ( Years later , I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College , but they did n't tell me that . ) |
| 21 | ‘ You did n't tell me that , Rhoda , ’ said Ben Brocklebank alertly . |
| 22 | ‘ The inspector did n't tell me that , ’ I said . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | they 'll they 'll say , Just a minute Lynda you did n't tell me that |
| 25 | ‘ Do n't tell me that … ’ |
| 26 | But he did n't tell me that and I knew there would be you see , but he did n't tell me these things . |
| 27 | and , er , ah but you spoke to Catherine on the phone and I was out , and you did n't tell me that part , and erm |
| 28 | You did n't tell me that ! |
| 29 | oh do n't tell me that |
| 30 | Do n't tell me that ! |