Example sentences of "tell [pron] [adv] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when she learned that their questions had arisen through their wonderings about Brown Owl and Mr. Gordon she told them sharply not to busy themselves in Brown Owl 's private affairs . |
| 2 | I told them all not to worry , I would go on working with you as soon as you were conscious and we would see our way together to a solution of the whole case . ’ |
| 3 | I mean if you 're saying that by not communicating everybody 's performance gets better , let's tell them all not to talk to each-other |
| 4 | However , while this tells us how not to solve the problem , it is less clear what positive steps we are to take — a dilemma to which I shall return later in the chapter . |
| 5 | Well I smoke myself so I believe that I 've no right to tell anyone else not to smoke . |