Example sentences of "not tell [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing is certain : if Abraham has not told her of the divine command , then even her worst fears will not allow her to guess what is afoot . |
| 2 | Scarlet had understood that she was meant to understand that Brian was a hopeless father and a worthless human being , and she had not told him of the call . |
| 3 | ‘ Did you not tell him about the Englishman ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And , no , we did not tell her about the dog collar . |
| 5 | But she did not tell me about the food , or the cold , or the unkind teachers . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But he does not tell us of the forty-four accusations which were brought against Cato at various times ( Plin . |
| 10 | Thus : surprise can not tell us about the development of the central systems . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | However , they do not tell us about the complex subjective processes which this involved . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The House will be interested to hear from another Scottish Labour Member of Parliament who will not tell us about the Labour party 's policy on Ravenscraig . |
| 16 | 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 . |