Example sentences of "do n't tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't tell , show — the slogan that keeps this myth from exploding . |
| 2 | ‘ As long as you do n't tell Roger or Caroline , ’ she warned . |
| 3 | Alison Lurie 's next book Do n't Tell the Grown-ups , on children 's literature , will be published next year by Bloomsbury . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't tell me to pull myself together , ’ I said . |
| 5 | More than one sceptical senior colleague has been admonished , ‘ Do n't tell me what ; tell me how . |
| 6 | Do n't tell me that little toy cost you less than a hundred and twenty , Cullam . ’ |
| 7 | I hope she do n't tell me to go back to my old room , cos I really like sleeping with Marie . |
| 8 | ‘ And please do n't tell me what I know or do n't know . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , but do n't tell him that — not for the moment , anyway . ’ |
| 10 | Do n't tell me you 're … , |
| 11 | Please do n't tell me to buy children 's shoes as I already do so when I need a flat pair , but I like high heels and am finding it increasingly difficult to buy them . |
| 12 | Mr Yossi Sarid , of the leftwing opposition Citizens Rights Movement , quoted from the lyrics : ‘ Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her eye . |
| 13 | Do n't tell me about the girl who lost her childhood . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No , do n't tell me the police are looking for a getaway sleigh . |
| 15 | And if we have £400,000 in there which is n't really £400,000 , then the accounts do n't tell you what 's going on . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't tell me , ’ said Philip 's Dad . |
| 17 | I do n't tell Mum . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't tell me that you two are talking shop , ’ Andrew said . |
| 19 | If I do n't tell , ’ she gripped the edge of the table , ‘ there will be several deaths this afternoon , less important to me , but much more sensational . |
| 20 | Do n't tell me you 've met Colonel Bumface before , boy ? |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he snapped . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't tell me what to do , ’ he said . |
| 23 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 24 | Just higher your chariot blades on a level with his neck and drive past when he 's not looking ? but do n't tell anybody I said so . |
| 25 | know what I mean ? do n't tell him I said so . |
| 26 | You ca n't complain I do n't tell you things . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't tell me , you 're lookin' f'Zam , right ? ’ |
| 28 | Do n't tell me that Charlene in Neighbours was very different from The Hendersons ’ Char , ’ said Alan Hardy . |
| 29 | He 'll waver if you do n't tell him when to take off . |
| 30 | ‘ The easiest way to catch them is with a three-pronged spear , but do n't tell that to fishermen . ’ |