Example sentences of "n't tell [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 2 | Do n't tell me a mistake ? |
| 3 | Marriage misinterpreted his hesitation and said querulously : ‘ Dot really did n't tell me a thing , nothing . |
| 4 | Do n't tell me the work wo n't be piling up . ’ |
| 5 | He did n't tell me the half of it . |
| 6 | You did n't tell me the disease is here , in your house ! ’ |
| 7 | Do n't tell me the doctor does n't have sherry and stuff regularly on tap in the house . ’ |
| 8 | No it ai n't do n't tell me the answer |
| 9 | but er , he does n't tell me anything , he does n't tell me the gossip |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 11 | ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk . |
| 12 | When she wakes , do n't tell her the letter has come . |
| 13 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 14 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 15 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 16 | I feel sorry for his sons because he only told them what he wanted them to know , he did n't tell them the rest . |
| 17 | What did you tell the police , Mr Calder , if you did n't tell them the truth ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You did n't tell us a password . ’ |
| 19 | The final question Chairman , there 's a lot of er , facts here with no remarks against them under the premises and involvement like here on page three , number fifty nine , Mental Health Act , the National Assistance Act , Health and Safety at Work Act , it does n't tell us the type of premises or what in so I say , well what involvement do we have with the Mental Heath Act for example ? |
| 20 | She wo n't tell us the truth , but I know it , she wets herself , she does n't want it to show on the chairs in school |
| 21 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
| 22 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 23 | Do n't tell you the size of the bathroom . |
| 24 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
| 25 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 26 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
| 28 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 30 | Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry ! |