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Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ Did you not tell him about the Englishman ? ’
2	‘ And , no , we did not tell her about the dog collar .
3	But she did not tell me about the food , or the cold , or the unkind teachers .
4	More than that we can not tell you at the moment , but we will , of course , give you a full ( p ) review as soon as it is possible .
5	I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette .
6	Biological science can not tell us of the mind of a creature any more than it can understand the nature and functioning of our human minds .
7	Fazisi does not tell us about the birth of the dream and the background of the person who was the heart of it as Maiden does , it is not as personal .
8	Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems .
9	The other factor to consider is that the figures do not tell us about the amount of borrowing which comes about from increases in mortgages used for purposes other than house purchase .
10	Agreeing that naïve empiricism is insufficient and that language does not tell us about the world in any simple , unmediated , or transparent way , they still believe that a sense of reality can be conveyed by language ( the position derided as mere ‘ common sense ’ by the Newest Criticism ) .
11	It can not tell us about the meaning of the term ‘ popular music ’ , since that meaning , ideologically replete , has been pushed outside the frame of reference .
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	‘ You did n't tell me about the music festival starting next week in Pollensa — every Sunday for a month in the cloisters of Santo Domingo . ’
15	He did n't tell me about the death-threat .
16	‘ You did n't tell her about the collar ? ’
17	I did n't tell him about the handbill I had found ; indeed , I quickly dismissed that as a mere coincidence .
18	She did n't tell him about the snake .
19	Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now .
20	If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone .
21	If you do n't tell them about the deposit cheque if you do n't tell them about the banker 's order they will say , Well just a minute Ron you did n't tell me that on the phone .
22	Cos one two two or three things associated with this contract if you do n't if you surprise them with erm with them face to face and you do n't tell them on the phone they 'll blow you out .
23	Erm so but I wanted to point out two or three things on this contract that if you do n't tell them on the phone about them before you get round there they they 'll use it
24	If you if there are certain things that if you do n't tell them on the phone , including the price , we tell we talk price .
25	No no she did n't tell us about the loft .
26	Er I I could n't tell you off the top of me head I because I was working on it till half past midnight .
27	erm I mean I ca n't tell you off the top of my head , but I would like to know how many erm career advisory erm people actually help girls to direct their career .
28	‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’
29	No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say .
30	Now the correlation or the calculation of a correlation coefficient or carrying out the correlation statistical test does n't tell you about the nature of the relationship , whether it 's caused or whether it 's erm by chance or whatever .