Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell him the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 2 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
| 5 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 6 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 7 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |