Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
2 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
3 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
4 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
5 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
6 | Better not tell her the truth . |
7 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
8 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
9 | Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) . |
10 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
11 | I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time . |
12 | We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone . |
13 | And then she added , ‘ But why not tell you the truth ? |
14 | That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite ! |
15 | We can not tell who the members of such a union might be . |
16 | This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments . |
17 | The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive . |
18 | Do n't tell me the work wo n't be piling up . ’ |
19 | He did n't tell me the half of it . |
20 | You did n't tell me the disease is here , in your house ! ’ |
21 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
22 | Do n't tell me the doctor does n't have sherry and stuff regularly on tap in the house . ’ |
23 | No it ai n't do n't tell me the answer |
24 | ‘ No , do n't tell me the police are looking for a getaway sleigh . |
25 | but er , he does n't tell me anything , he does n't tell me the gossip |
26 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
27 | ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk . |
28 | When she wakes , do n't tell her the letter has come . |
29 | She could n't tell what the words were , but she was grateful that he was being detained . |
30 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |