Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] n't tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You told me I must n't tell him . |
| 2 | ‘ I must n't tell you that I want to bury myself in your body ? ’ he enquired . |
| 3 | Sam here 's asked me to be his wife , and I do n't see why I should n't tell him yes . " |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't tell you , but I 'm sure it 'll go no further . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't tell you this , but — but one of the walled gardens is locked up . |
| 6 | ‘ I was contacted — by the consul in Monte — oh , I should n't tell you these things , but … ’ |
| 7 | Half a gross on each board yeah , oh you could n't move away from your board at all and it was erm Mr his eyes seemed to be perhaps I should n't tell you this , but I 'm going to , it may be a bit humorous for you my er Mr used to send me out through the back way into street I think it is now , to wait for the paperman with a sporting book oh should I have said that ? |
| 8 | Not a this is yours three I 've got three pairs , oh and I should n't tell you anyway cos you 'll bloody beat me anyway , so |
| 9 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 10 | She keeps giving me clothes — ; not this dear old awful thing , Mrs McPhee at home made this — and making me practise manners and the piano and I could n't tell her about last night , I could n't , I ca n't disappoint another person , not after my mother — ’ and Alexandra put her head down on to the slice of bread on her plate and burst into tears . |
| 11 | Back then it was called ‘ nancy boys ’ which was what my father used to call homosexuals , and he thought that all actors were homosexuals , so I could n't tell him that everyone in the company that I first joined was homosexual — except me . |
| 12 | I could n't tell him while he 's there . |
| 13 | Well at that particular time I could n't tell him . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 15 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 16 | It was then that I decided to tell each woman in my own time , taking each one in turn — I could n't tell them all at once . |
| 17 | I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’ |
| 18 | And I did n't have any Treas keys so I could n't tell them to use the help service . |
| 19 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't tell you much about Liverpool 's players these days but ask me about Uxbridge 's outside-right and I 'll give you a Dimbleby lecture — if you can stay awake long enough , ’ he jokes . |
| 22 | On the other hand I 'm afraid I could n't tell you whether Stuart was wearing his medium-dark-grey suit or his dark-dark-grey suit for the ceremony . |
| 23 | How many people have I caught , I could n't tell you cos I 've never kept a record . |
| 24 | I I could n't tell you that . |
| 25 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I could n't tell you because your reactions were always so extreme . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , yes well as I say , you 're coming into the shop and I do n't know what was in now I could n't tell you , but anyway |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |