Example sentences of "can not tell him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't tell him now — not the way things are at present . ’ |
| 2 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
| 3 | You ca n't go into the booth with them and I ca n't tell him , ’ says the mother of a very able young man . |
| 4 | Because a client can not pay you , you ca n't say you wo n't act for him , you ca n't tell him to go and sort the Inland Revenue out himself . |
| 5 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
| 6 | I ca n't tell him how this exercise fits into the human background . |
| 7 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 8 | And of course I ca n't tell him . |
| 9 | ‘ I ca n't tell him ! ’ he cried . |
| 10 | But Rufus has held them close , and I ca n't tell him he 's wasting his time . |
| 11 | ‘ He works too hard , but there , you ca n't tell him anything . |
| 12 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We ca n't tell him . |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't tell him you 're not a professional ! ’ she snapped , and , muttering something that sounded uncomfortably like ‘ wet behind the ears ’ , ‘ You 've got to pretend that you 're me — Cara Kingsdale ! ’ she insisted . |
| 15 | AS the saying goes , you can always tell Sir Ranulph — aye , but you ca n't tell him much . |
| 16 | You ca n't tell him any different , er like Dan at work he does videos of profession like you know . |
| 17 | you ca n't tell him nothing he would say oh no no no , beer 's no problem , beer 's no problem no it 's not that experience , not that experience , I said well you wan na smell yourself Cliff ! |
| 18 | Well , I mean , really what he does is , apart from being a puppy and chewing things , you ca n't tell him off for doing it , because if you do then that 's when he shows , you know , his teeth come back and really he makes you frightened . |