Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose I 'd better not tell him that thing you said about his face looking as if it was carved out of corned beef . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I shall not tell her that , ’ she said . |
| 4 | When Andrée had recovered she said , ‘ And yet you will not tell me that simple thing ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 6 | She did not tell me that . |
| 7 | Did they not tell you that ? |
| 8 | It 's a strange expression , but non , I can not tell you that . |
| 9 | Unless we make it trivially true that gold is malleable , by explicitly including malleability in our idea of it , we can perceive no connection between the ideas of gold and malleability ; our observation and experiment do not tell us that gold must be malleable ; we have no knowledge that it is . |
| 10 | Can he not tell us that ? |
| 11 | But I do n't let on , I 'm not telling them that . ’ |
| 12 | Not telling him that . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Pakistan were 31 without loss by the close , Ramiz Raja ( 20 ) having spent little time on the field so far because of a stomach upset , and that evening Waqar Younis , asked what was the secret behind his late swing , replied , with a grin : ‘ I 'm not telling you that ! ’ |
| 15 | my kids have n't had any food all weekend that I 've paid for because you did n't send me my giro , they 've had their meals because they 've been round there at grandma 's , but I 'm not telling you that , yeah , you know . |
| 16 | They had n't told her that and she would need to know . |
| 17 | They have n't told her that . |
| 18 | But I have n't told you that one David . |
| 19 | Do n't tell me that little toy cost you less than a hundred and twenty , Cullam . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , he did n't tell me that . ’ |
| 21 | And do n't , ’ she said with sudden vehemence , ‘ do n't tell me that suffering is part of the Almighty package . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was hoping you would n't tell me that . ’ |
| 23 | You ca n't tell me that was accidental . |
| 24 | You did n't tell me that , did you , Maria ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm so sorry — he did n't tell me that . |
| 26 | Madness runs in her family , but they did n't tell me that . |
| 27 | ‘ But you did n't tell me that ! ’ |
| 28 | ( Years later , I discovered that those flats were actually owned by the College , but they did n't tell me that . ) |
| 29 | ‘ You did n't tell me that , Rhoda , ’ said Ben Brocklebank alertly . |
| 30 | ‘ The inspector did n't tell me that , ’ I said . |