Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [pron] what the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not tell us what the reference was . |
| 2 | She murmured a ‘ good morning ’ and did not ask her what the hell she was doing there so unexpectedly . |
| 3 | However , the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started — it would still be up to God to wind up the clockwork and choose how to start it off . |
| 4 | As Edward Pechter puts it , ‘ History does not tell us what the text is , because we decide what history is , and then put history into the text , rather than the other way round . ’ |
| 5 | The story does not tell us what the Israelites had to eat in Egypt , but it gives our imaginations enough information to work on . |