Example sentences of "[verb] not tell [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This need for careful definition is ignored completely when one simply asks a panel of experts to name people with political power — one has not told them the criteria that they should use for judging whether an individual has power , and neither does one know whether the individuals have used even similar criteria for ascribing power to the individuals whose names they submit . |
| 2 | The hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) has huffed and puffed , but he has not told us the Labour party 's position on a single proposal contained in the Green Paper . |
| 3 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 4 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
| 5 | He has some obsession she has n't told him the whole truth . ’ |
| 6 | Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’ |
| 7 | She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made . |
| 8 | He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth . |
| 9 | You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume . |
| 10 | We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone . |
| 11 | Moreover , stateless societies are either small tribal societies , or small communities within a larger political system , and their political arrangements do not tell us a great deal that is relevant to the great majority of human societies . |
| 12 | ‘ Her mother still did n't tell her the reason for leaving home : she implored Constanza not to ask and made Mena promise not to talk . |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't tell her the state I was in on Saturday night ? ’ he queried , obviously alarmed . |
| 14 | One parent says she 's angry that the school did n't tell her the whole truth about why the head left . |
| 15 | She feels they did n't tell her the whole truth . |
| 16 | Marriage misinterpreted his hesitation and said querulously : ‘ Dot really did n't tell me a thing , nothing . |
| 17 | You did n't tell me the disease is here , in your house ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You did n't tell me the whole truth that evening at Ottavio 's , did you ? ’ |
| 19 | He did n't tell me the half of it . |
| 20 | But she well she did n't , I mean she did n't tell me the intimate details or anything I do n't even know whether she has , she wo , she might have ju ge , been getting over dramatic or something ! |
| 21 | She did n't tell him the rest about her father and Camille , or the thoughts that had tormented her that long night . |
| 22 | They did n't tell him the girl 's name or where she came from . |
| 23 | What did you tell the police , Mr Calder , if you did n't tell them the truth ? ’ |
| 24 | I feel sorry for his sons because he only told them what he wanted them to know , he did n't tell them the rest . |
| 25 | ‘ You did n't tell us a password . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We did n't tell you the entire truth , Floy and I. ’ |
| 27 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 28 | Yeah that was alright I w I did n't tell you the truth when we said that , sorry ! |
| 29 | but there 's there 's something I did n't tell you the other day |
| 30 | But , when we came back , yes , there 's a sign there , but it did n't tell you the other side , you have to come |