Example sentences of "not [v-ing] to tell " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ You 're not goin' to tell me you bought a book as well . ’ |
| 2 | They 're not going to tell you anything … |
| 3 | ‘ Sometimes , ’ muttered Phoebe ; she was not going to tell this woman that for the last six months she had done practically nothing else . |
| 4 | Peter Yeo winced inwardly , but he was not going to tell Andy Barton that Angela was missing , or express any of his reservations about how much influence Angela could bring to bear . |
| 5 | It must have been painful to have a man you liked appropriated by a younger sister , McLeish thought , but this self-contained creature was not going to tell him — or possibly anyone else — how it had felt . |
| 6 | ‘ And you 're not going to tell me why ? ’ |
| 7 | We are not going to tell you about our eating habits . |
| 8 | I 'm not going to tell you what that discovery was . |
| 9 | Labour front bencher Tony Banks added : ‘ You 're not going to tell me they are both now going to live a life of celibacy . |
| 10 | ‘ No , and you 're not going to tell Mother I 'm here . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell how many women I 've slept with because I 'm happily married and want to stay that way . |
| 12 | You 're not going to tell me you could feel her hands . |
| 13 | It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're not going to tell Newman what I 've told you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not going to tell them you 're here ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell you where I am . |
| 17 | So you 're not going to tell us what you think about the prospect of the next general election , the prospects of Thatcherism being , perhaps , nearly finished ? |
| 18 | She was not going to tell Jasper . |
| 19 | She was not going to tell Jasper . |
| 20 | I am not going to tell you exactly what to do , what subjects to give . |
| 21 | We are not going to use violence , we are not going to tell girls they ca n't go out and play in the streets , that they have to stay at home . |
| 22 | You are not going to tell me that you like her ? |
| 23 | ‘ You 're not going to tell me , are you ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Here — you 're not going to tell him , are you ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell you , ’ answered her mistress . |
| 26 | Sex education — if they 're not going to tell you how to and where to , it 's pointless . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not going to tell you about it over the phone . |
| 28 | I 'm not going to tell you about it all . |
| 29 | Dierdriu said , ‘ I am not going to tell you that , Fergus , ’ and there was a wariness in her tone now , so that Fergus looked up , startled . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ Stop thinking like that , I 'm not going to tell you every thing that happens , because it would n't be right for you to know . |