Example sentences of "not [vb infin] him about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg did not enlighten him about his real origins . |
| 2 | That was why she did not tell him about her pregnancy . |
| 3 | ‘ Did you not tell him about the Englishman ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When Martin Bean returned with Alice — an Alice who was tear-stained but still young enough for tears to be part of the simple process of healing — Emmie and Oliver did not tell him about Mr Hellyer . |
| 6 | Maybe I shall hear full soon enough , but I dare not ask him about the poor lady . |
| 7 | She would n't tell him about her income , even when he was trying to fill in his tax forms . |
| 8 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
| 9 | With his debut feature Swoon , director Tom Kalin has put on screen everything his grandmother did n't tell him about the infamous child murderers . |
| 10 | Just do n't tell him about your brothers . ’ |
| 11 | She did n't tell him about the snake . |
| 12 | His sisters did n't tell him about their books , or show him the new ones that they were writing . |
| 13 | I did n't tell him about the handbill I had found ; indeed , I quickly dismissed that as a mere coincidence . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd rather you did n't tell him about us ! |
| 15 | Did n't tell him about the er row of eights on there . |
| 16 | Do n't tell him about it , I 'll get killed . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't ask him about du Pre , ’ a New York music journalist warned me . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't ask him about his new domestic set-up . |
| 19 | I did n't ask him about Will . |