Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] tell [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ) . |
2 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
3 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
4 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
8 | He could n't tell me a price . |
9 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
10 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
11 | And I supplied , ooh could n't tell you the firms . |
12 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
13 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
14 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
15 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
16 | He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself . |
17 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
18 | ‘ Corps would n't tell me the latest position on the phone , sir , ’ Woodruffe said . |
19 | ‘ If they would n't tell us the first time , why should they do so now ? ’ |
20 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
21 | If you just pick up a sherd of pottery , okay , that really by itself ca n't tell you an awful lot . |
22 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
23 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
24 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
25 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |
26 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
27 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
28 | They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’ |
29 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
30 | Before an interview , ask the interviewer what ground he wants to cover , though he wo n't tell you the actual questions . |