Example sentences of "not tell [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Because none of the men formally lodged complaints , the authority was not told of the three extra cases until after Mr Dear 's purge .
2 If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct .
3 They were not told of the grounds for referral , and the case proceeded without them .
4 At first , Hendry was not told of the mystery woman 's mission but was informed when he noticed the beefed-up security at his matches .
5 The row deepened with revelations that the BBC board was not told of the tax arrangement and was not aware that the director-general job had not been advertised before Mr Birt was appointed .
6 We are not told of the use or otherwise of anaesthetics , nor of any benefits flowing from such research .
7 The Daily Mail stressed that this failed to console the victim 's distraught family , friends and workmates , her MP or the probation service , who were also not told of the killer 's threat .
8 She was not told of the foster mother 's application for leave to apply for a residence order and knew nothing about it until after leave had been granted .
9 In one study , the essence of secretions from a female 's armpit were smeared onto the upper lips of other females who , perhaps fortunately , were not told of the origin of the smears .
10 Jack Cunningham , MP , who was touring the site at the time , was not told of the incident .
11 Again , her family were not told of the seriousness of the condition until a month later and just days defore she died .
12 One angry passenger claimed travellers were not told about the bomb warning .
13 We are not told about the proceeds from the sale of the land in 1986/87 , but if £20,000 tax is at stake , expert professional advice could be worthwhile .
14 It is expected that adoption of each of these programmes will be delayed and this in turn will affect dates for calls for proposals , publicity events , etc , although we can not tell at the moment how long the delay will last and the consequences it may have .
15 She could not tell in the torchlight whether it was ink or blood .
16 There are two rooms at the front and two at the back on each floor , and although you could not tell from the outside , the first floor rooms are a foot higher than those below .
17 At Forncett , the average rent per acre of lands leased was markedly lower in the fifteenth century than in the late fourteenth , although one can not tell from the published figures how far the fluctuations may have been due to variations in the quality of the particular pieces of land being leased at the time rather than to a general decline in rent levels .
18 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE DOCTOR 'S
19 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE ZOO
20 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE TABLE
21 JOKES NOT TO TELL AT THE FRONT DOOR
22 Mike said : ‘ I was n't told in the nicest of manners .
23 You just could n't tell from the outside .
24 You could n't tell by the way he performed .
25 We both just say stationary so you ca n't tell by the sound of it how you spell it ?
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