Example sentences of "no [noun sg] tell [pron] " in BNC.

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1 But her parents were absolutely outraged , being utterly and totally against divorce , and lost no opportunity to tell her so .
2 There is no chart telling us just how many hours we should be sleeping ; indeed it varies greatly from person to person .
3 However , long before Merrill reached London she regained her composure , and she handed over Luke 's passport without a blink , seeing no necessity to tell him that she 'd had to search his house for it .
4 It would do no good to tell him how hard she had worked to build her small business — he was too upset about his sister to listen .
5 She decided it would do no harm to tell him .
6 The adrenalin was pumping away , but as the marksmen made no attempt to tell us to strip off and the minutes dragged by , so it began to ease away .
7 When significant parts of the system are reformed , we have no test to tell us whether the outcome is an improper breach of the constitutional order , a proper amendment , or whether the reformed institutions were not part of the ‘ constitution ’ at all .
8 There is more , and no room to tell you about it .
9 ‘ There 's no point telling him , is there ?
10 ‘ Dick had no business telling you that , ’ Gedanken said crossly .
11 ‘ You had no right to tell them , ’ she began in a low , fiery voice .
12 But the manufacturers say politicians have no right to tell them how much to charge .
13 She 's no right to tell you about things it just was that .
14 Well I smoke myself so I believe that I 've no right to tell anyone else not to smoke .
15 She had no need to tell him , for a buzz of talk sounded from the ground-floor room straight ahead , beyond the stairs .
16 Because if so , there 's no need to tell him .
17 ‘ You will have no need to tell him anything .
18 There is no need to tell everyone all the details , any more than Peter makes any mention or testimony in his letters about the day he messed it up .
19 ‘ There 's no need to tell me how determined they can be . ’
20 No need to tell me , really .
21 Then , hammering home his point , ‘ And she had no need to tell me that . ’
22 Victoria said , ‘ Shelley , there 's no need to tell me anything . ’
23 No need to tell her everything . "
24 No need to tell them about Charlie and getting married or the unholy row with Mama or the hell that was let loose when she told them she 'd had her medical for the WRNS and if anyone tried to stop her going …
25 No need to tell them about Gerry .
26 There would be no need to tell them she had been driving very fast .
27 If people do n't know , there 's no need to tell them .
28 Anyroad , there 's no need to tell you this — you 've lived down here long enough , ’ he continued .
29 No need to tell you how I feel .
30 No need to tell you how sorry I am — goes without saying — but I would n't call that murder , would you ?
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