Example sentences of "tell [pers pn] not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told you not to drink much . |
| 2 | Jacqui , I told you not to do that . ’ |
| 3 | He told him not to do that , he said just pay when you got some and |
| 4 | He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head . |
| 5 | The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth . |
| 6 | ‘ Told her not to have any of that , did n't I ? ’ growled Pringle . |
| 7 | Santerre hastened to open it but told us not to bring any torches in . |
| 8 | ‘ I did tell you not to pull any stunts , ’ Jaq reminded her . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're constantly telling them not to do this and not to do that , ’ she opined , curiously , at this most un-authoritarian time in our history . |
| 10 | She flew back to Lima and wrote to all her clients telling them not to expect any more craft goods : she was quitting and going to work in the jungle . |
| 11 | He 'd blame it all on the beer and the sherry , he 'd say with a laugh she 'd been right to tell him not to take any . |