Example sentences of "could not tell him " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could not tell him her real reason for trying to dissuade him . |
| 2 | But Louise could not tell him . |
| 3 | I did , but could not tell him . |
| 4 | Father Jankowski looked at me so kindly I could not tell him . |
| 5 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 6 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 7 | The poser being , of course , that she could not tell him either the true reason she was here , or even who she really was . |
| 8 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 13 | Back then it was called ‘ nancy boys ’ which was what my father used to call homosexuals , and he thought that all actors were homosexuals , so I could n't tell him that everyone in the company that I first joined was homosexual — except me . |
| 14 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 15 | She could n't tell him that it had aroused her ; that the smarting of her breasts and belly and buttocks had combined to generate an absurd pleasure ; that the gentle scourging of her flesh had stimulated a tide of salaciousness ; that she was enjoying it . |
| 16 | I could n't tell him while he 's there . |
| 17 | Charlie looked in , wanting Josie , but Lucy could n't tell him where she 'd gone . |
| 18 | Well at that particular time I could n't tell him . |
| 19 | No , she could n't tell him , she just could n't . |
| 20 | She could n't tell him she was afraid of their lives becoming more entwined . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 22 | I knew I 'd never be free of the dog until he was gone ( Eric , poor well-meaning bright but ignorant Eric , thought I still was n't , and I just could n't tell him why I knew I was ) . |
| 23 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 24 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |
| 25 | She could n't tell him ; no , she could n't . |
| 26 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 27 | She could n't tell him . |
| 28 | She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . |
| 29 | She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . |
| 30 | Charlie was n't frightened of any Germans , but he still hoped that the war might come to an end quickly and that his father would return to Whitechapel and his routine of working at the docks during the day and drinking in the Black Bull at night But with no letters and only restricted news in the papers even Mr Salmon could n't tell him what was really happening at the front . |