Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not need Jarvis to tell her of the phenomenon of the shivering platform at West Hampstead as a train approaches , that and the singing of the rails , because she was accustomed to the point of no longer noticing it . |
| 2 | She did not expect Diana to tell her friends or for Morton to be given any more secret details about the royals . |
| 3 | He did n't need Fraser to tell him about the brother and sister . |
| 4 | You ca n't expect people to tell you this , tell you that . |
| 5 | so I er he said er no he said , it 's not that he said I do n't like people to tell me you 've got to do overtime today , he said , I like to be asked ! |
| 6 | And Mrs did n't like Susan telling her |
| 7 | They strolled home , talking now of family matters , but as they neared Magdalen Street Maureen said suddenly , ‘ There 's a lot more about Chris and me , and — and other things I have n't had time to tell you , Joe . |
| 8 | I 've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I could n't bear people telling me what I could and could n't eat . |
| 9 | But God knows I do n't say Harry told them wittingly , for I know him , too , and know him as stubborn in holding fast as any grown man among us . |