Example sentences of "[modal v] not tell i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear sir , you must not tell me what I do or do not mean . |
| 2 | You must n't tell me — or Helen ? ’ |
| 3 | She shut up and her mouth fell into a gape , the sweat appeared in globules on her upper lip , the colour deepened in her face and she seemed to have to force breath into her lungs as she listened to him now saying , ‘ You 'll not tell me any more what I 've got to do and what I have n't got to do . |
| 4 | Initially she went right back to the age of four and , although she could not tell me what year it was , she did know that there was a queen called Victoria . |
| 5 | ‘ One Sierra I looked at had done 112,000 miles but the dealer could n't tell me whether it had been once or twice around the clock . ’ |
| 6 | It , it was a really nice size shop Walsall Wood was , but my sister , remember is eighty-two , I asked her , I told her you were coming and I asked her if there was anything she could tell me but er she do could n't tell me much more than myself . |
| 7 | The compass could tell me in which direction I had to go — it could n't tell me what lay between where I was , and where I wanted to get to . |
| 8 | He was trying to , he was doing a laugh laughing fit last night , he was , he , he could n't tell me what he was trying to tell me . |
| 9 | What was so dreadful that you could n't tell me ? |
| 10 | She said she could n't tell me because you would probably get it out of me , snake that you are . ’ |
| 11 | My mother was still unconscious in hospital and they could n't tell me when or if she might recover . |
| 12 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 13 | could n't tell me I suppose . |
| 14 | Then on June 15th I went to John 's from work and was told Clare had had an accident , but he could n't tell me how serious . |
| 15 | ‘ You need not tell me , Theda . |
| 16 | He would not tell me , or could not explain . |
| 17 | It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more . |
| 18 | ‘ He would not tell me . |
| 19 | Two years of misery , querida , because you would not tell me yourself . |
| 20 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
| 21 | ‘ You would n't tell me otherwise , would you ? ’ |
| 22 | I just do n't believe it , I 'm afraid , but he would n't tell me any more . ’ |
| 23 | He would n't tell me and went straight into the bathroom there and it was ages before he came out . |
| 24 | Dad would n't tell me what he and our Pastor had discussed until we got home and then he said , ‘ Sit down , Jonah . |
| 25 | He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself . |
| 26 | ‘ I was hoping you would n't tell me that . ’ |
| 27 | I asked him how he 'd done it but he would n't tell me . |
| 28 | But he would n't tell me . |
| 29 | The old vache would n't tell me . |
| 30 | " She would n't tell me who my father was . " |