Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] tell me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you do remember , ’ said Mahmoud , ‘ but you do not want to tell me . |
| 2 | She did n't bother to tell me that she 'd only got to call you , right ? |
| 3 | Sarin did n't want to tell me , then he said I 'd know soon enough , and better from him than over the radio . |
| 4 | When I asked her things like that , she did n't want to tell me on other occasions , she said I know that I ca n't tell you . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't dare to tell me , ’ said Liz . |
| 6 | You did n't have to tell me that . |
| 7 | Everyone signed , as my wife considerately whispered to me that this was Sweden , after all , where liquor was … but she did n't have to tell me . |
| 8 | He did n't have to tell me . |
| 9 | He did n't have to tell me a second time . |
| 10 | He did n't have to tell me the rest . |
| 11 | ‘ The police did n't have to tell me , I knew immediately . |
| 12 | The teaching staff at PCL are used to addressing practical language use and found themselves extending their area of lexis to exploring with their students the precise equivalencies in various languages to express ‘ multiple occupied tenancies ’ , ‘ child abuse ’ , ‘ warrants not backed for bail ’ and ‘ do n't go telling me porkies sunshine ’ . |
| 13 | You do n't want to tell me ? |
| 14 | ‘ This guy you 're obviously so mad at you do n't want to tell me about him . ’ |
| 15 | And the and the little unmentionables you do n't want to tell me about . |
| 16 | I know you avoid this sort of thing , so I wo n't be offended if you do n't want to tell me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Look , if you do n't want to tell me who you are , or what gave you the horrors , then do n't . |
| 18 | Just like to get me tannoyed this morning , thinking something 's wrong , something 's wrong they have n't phoned and they do n't want to tell me . |
| 19 | ‘ You do n't mean to tell me you had n't thought of interviewing her ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Listen , you do n't mean to tell me that everyone around here gets their reports in this form . |
| 21 | ‘ No , do n't bother telling me . |
| 22 | ‘ They do n't bother to tell me where they 're going . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You do n't need to tell me anything , Mamma , ’ said Noreen , surprised by her own coldness . |
| 24 | You do n't know what it 's like to be a lonely artist , wandering gipsy , bum … oh , I know I 'm no good , you do n't need to tell me … look , can you … what kind of trouble ? |
| 25 | " It 's all confidential , " she says , " you do n't need to tell me anything If you do n't want to and nobody else sees these records . |
| 26 | ‘ You do n't need to tell me , ’ she said sadly . |
| 27 | I I th I 'm quite sure that you can go through that because you 're recognizing the patterns much more now , you 're accepting more things as , Oh yeah , you do n't need to tell me that I know it . |
| 28 | You do n't need to tell me ! |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me anything . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't have to tell me . ’ |