Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] tell [pron] " 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 | Keeping her voice low , Mrs McMahon began , ‘ I 'll not tell you his name — I 'll not tell anyone his name ; that will go to the grave with me — but he was n't English , Ellie . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's time to get up , ’ she was saying , ‘ Come along , I 'll not tell you again . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't worry , I 'll not tell anyone . |
| 12 | Keeping her voice low , Mrs McMahon began , ‘ I 'll not tell you his name — I 'll not tell anyone his name ; that will go to the grave with me — but he was n't English , Ellie . |
| 13 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I could n't tell him while he 's there . |
| 17 | Well at that particular time I could n't tell him . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I could n't tell them they were n't the first . ’ |
| 22 | And I did n't have any Treas keys so I could n't tell them to use the help service . |
| 23 | I could n't tell what was happening so I asked them to move so I could take the coal into Granny 's house . |
| 24 | I could n't tell what to put in that end column . |
| 25 | I could n't tell her mine was n't a route she 'd stand much chance of following . |
| 26 | The older of the young ones let out a sniggering laugh which developed into a hiccoughy laugh , the younger one hissed out , fuckin' bloody Paki ; a third voice , I could n't tell whose , said something which I did not quite understand but sounded like , and indeed was , National Front . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't mind telling you , though I could n't tell anyone else . |
| 28 | I was in a situation where I could n't tell anyone . |
| 29 | I could n't tell anyone else this . |
| 30 | I could n't tell who . |