Example sentences of "[modal v] n't tell [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Charlotte was drinking sherry , do n't suppose , should n't tell you that but she only had one little drop and I was |
2 | The chap there said , ‘ I really should n't tell you this , but there has been a political dispute over the spelling of ecu . ’ |
3 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't tell you this , but — but one of the walled gardens is locked up . |
4 | Should n't tell you this , but when you 're retired there 's nothing much they can do to you , is there ? |
5 | Half a gross on each board yeah , oh you could n't move away from your board at all and it was erm Mr his eyes seemed to be perhaps I should n't tell you this , but I 'm going to , it may be a bit humorous for you my er Mr used to send me out through the back way into street I think it is now , to wait for the paperman with a sporting book oh should I have said that ? |
6 | ‘ I was contacted — by the consul in Monte — oh , I should n't tell you these things , but … ’ |
7 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
8 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |
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 | I I could n't tell you that . |
11 | Er my favourite thing er well I could n't tell you that . |
12 | " Not near a river — I need n't tell you that . |
13 | If Mrs Maybury would n't tell them any more , what could she do ? |
14 | I know you would n't tell him deliberate . |
15 | ‘ I was hoping you would n't tell me that . ’ |
16 | I just do n't believe it , I 'm afraid , but he would n't tell me any more . ’ |
17 | ‘ So you ca n't tell me much ? ’ |
18 | You ca n't tell me that was accidental . |
19 | You ca n't tell me any different . |
20 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
21 | You ca n't tell him any different , er like Dan at work he does videos of profession like you know . |
22 | ‘ We 're going to have to do something — because I simply ca n't tell you two imps of mischief apart , ’ Laura muttered , groaning as she levered herself up against the pillows . |
23 | ‘ Come on now , you know I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
24 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Karim . |
25 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
26 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that . ’ |
27 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , sir . |
28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't tell you that . |
29 | ‘ I ca n't tell you that , Folly , ’ he said at last , raising his head again to look her squarely in the eye . |
30 | ‘ I ca n't tell you all the details yet , ’ Mould explained . |