Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] him [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie looked in , wanting Josie , but Lucy could n't tell him where she 'd gone . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . |
| 4 | She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . |
| 5 | No , the first thing he launched into was a harangue about how Gillian 's mother would n't tell him where we were staying . |
| 6 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 7 | ‘ It is n't always , ’ Ginny said , wondering what on earth ( or in heaven ) was making her talk like this to a little man whom she 'd met only once before ; she hoped it would n't put him off her . |
| 8 | " Then if you wo n't take him willingly you can take him the other way . |