Example sentences of "[conj] she [modal v] [adv] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He or she wo n't tell you what to do — but will be alongside you ( metaphorically ) as you find your own way . |
| 2 | Nicandra ran towards all that beauty — although she could not tell her trouble nor make any mention of the displeasing butterfly , she could be close in the adored distance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He had gathered her closer in his arms , he was holding her so tightly that she could n't tell whose heartbeat it was she felt throbbing within her bones , his or hers . |
| 5 | One girl whispered that she could n't tell anyone at home , because they used drugs . |
| 6 | What could the stars tell her that she could n't tell herself ? |
| 7 | The poser being , of course , that she could not tell him either the true reason she was here , or even who she really was . |
| 8 | Tilly realised now that she could never tell her these things , and yet , she knew that the gentle Elizabeth had a right to know . |
| 9 | She added righteously , ‘ And she 'll not tell us who did it . |
| 10 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 11 | Er very prim and proper , and and er er she 'd go all the way round and she 'd soon tell you if there was , if the beds were n't tidy . |
| 12 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 13 | But she would not tell him yet . |
| 14 | But she would n't tell anyone what she thought she 'd seen , least of all Alan . |
| 15 | Alexandra tells you after she 's wet , but she ca n't tell you before , because she does n't know she 's going to ! |
| 16 | She had sensed from the beginning that his compliments to her were of a different kind from those he bestowed so liberally upon every female in sight , but she could n't tell him that , while in her heart she liked them , she might be annoyed by his assumption that they were always acceptable . |
| 17 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |
| 18 | Peter was somehow taking her into his arms , hissing something in Marc 's face , but she could n't tell what . |
| 19 | But she could not tell him her real reason for trying to dissuade him . |
| 20 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 21 | But she could scarcely tell him that . |
| 22 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 23 | Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure . |
| 24 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |