Example sentences of "we [vb mod] n't tell " in BNC.

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1 it hurts , but we must n't tell you where .
2 Although we could n't tell them that we 're trying to achieve because we have n't we have n't discussed
3 We dare n't tell her , we were so frightened of her .
4 Gill and I agreed we would n't tell anyone how we met .
5 And here the manuscript fragment ends , so we ca n't tell how much work lies behind such simple touches as Stepan 's fear that ‘ they ’ will flog him .
6 ‘ We know we can get the inhibitor genes into a cell but we ca n't tell whether we 'll be able to produce this inhibitor efficiently enough until we test it .
7 We ca n't tell whether our decision to move the sale to Ireland has helped influence the Chancellor but it went right home in Government circles , ’ he said .
8 We ca n't tell clubs and players what to do ; that would be unrealistic in any international sport ’ , said Davies , who was present at the Bledisloe Cup series in Australia .
9 We ca n't tell them that the King is too drunk to go to his own coronation ! ’
10 We ca n't tell anybody till John 's birthday . ’
11 So , we ca n't tell what the final deadline date will be because there are so many pro processes , to go through .
12 We ca n't tell him .
13 The first one is the erm , er , or so , when directs authority over somebody , will , we do n't , we ca n't tell them to do it , we have to influence or persuade them to do something .
14 Er we ca n't tell them how to use the money , we presume they will do that , erm this is a significant increase on the amount that the Conservatives seem to be suggesting which is just I think deputy heads so there are a hundred and forty thousand er deputy heads to go .
15 Special needs again we 've highlighted , we have put in a token on the er in the primary sector erm it 's a notional amount , clearly we ca n't tell the schools how to spend their money but it seemed to us that the increasing in managerial role of primary deputy heads , they would welcome er a small increase in non con in non contact time .
16 So who 's going to be the next manager of Oxford United … the shortlist is being drawn up this weekend … the appointment will be made early next week … we ca n't tell you yet who it 's going to be but we can tell the Manor Ground directors who you want …
17 Because we do n't know what the disorder is , we ca n't tell the family what the future holds .
18 We ca n't tell people what to do .
19 But with a lamp out well we ca n't tell whether they 're no-gooders , neighbours or what .
20 You see we ca n't tell .
21 ‘ But we wo n't tell anyone . ’
22 We wo n't tell !
23 ‘ But we wo n't tell him until they have established themselves in our soil . ’
24 We wo n't tell anyone . ’
25 well he likes marshal art do n't he ? we wo n't tell daddy that you knocked a full on the table of black currant all over the carpet will we ?
26 If you could sell we wo n't tell him .
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