Example sentences of "but i [modal v] [not/n't] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a nice reason but I ca n't tell you now . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry , but I ca n't tell you anything else … you 'll have to go now . ’ |
| 3 | Hell , everybody I know 's done something like that at some time or another but that does n't make them a murderer ; I think McDunn 's crazy but I ca n't tell him that because , if he 's wrong about that and I 'm wrong about it being something to do with those guys who died in the Lake District a few years ago , then there 's only one suspect left and that 's me . |
| 4 | I expect he 's clever , but I ca n't tell , really . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But I ca n't tell where it 's coming from . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But I ca n't tell you anything . |
| 7 | I say I 'll be back by lunch-time , but I ca n't tell if she believes me , because she do n't seem to have heard a word I said . |
| 8 | Well , that was fair enough , and , twisting her fine lace handkerchief in her hands , she had said steadily , ‘ Yes , I 'll see him , but I ca n't tell you what my answer will be . |
| 9 | But I ca n't tell you what it felt like , first of all having cancer , secondly trying to talk about it , and being continually asked , ‘ Well , how are you Jo ? ’ and you 'd see their eyes glaze over and they 'd think , ‘ Christ , I hope she 's not going to tell me ! ’ |
| 10 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 11 | ‘ If I were your tailor , so would I , but I would n't tell anyone . ’ |
| 12 | But I wo n't tell Stuart . |
| 13 | But I wo n't tell you the end ! |
| 14 | He says yes , but I wo n't tell him you said that ! |
| 15 | But I shall not tell you their names . |
| 16 | ‘ Och , they 've all got names , but I could not tell you what they are . |
| 17 | I knew who the murderer was , but I could not tell anyone . |
| 18 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 19 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
| 20 | But I could n't tell my mother or father because I should have been in bed by that time . |
| 21 | It was less bad than the one before , but I could n't tell if they were dying down for good or if this were the prelude to something else . |
| 22 | I told my boyfriend but I could n't tell my mum . |
| 23 | I could n't be sorry for her , but I could n't tell her he was right . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry , ch'un tzu , but I could n't tell you before . |
| 25 | Things had changed while I was out , but I could n't tell how yet . |
| 26 | Some was run somewhere else , but I could n't tell you where now , not offhand . |
| 27 | ‘ No , I really do n't think that , ’ I said , but I could n't tell if she believed me . |
| 28 | I 've got an amaryllis , that high , but I could n't tell you high it is in metres . |
| 29 | I kept trying to make you see that something exceptional was happening , but I could n't tell you straight out because love , my darling , left me without defence . |
| 30 | But er when just before I left the polishing which was in nineteen thirty eight , er they were bringing in a lot of cellu it 's all th a lot of all this modern stuff is what they call cellulose , but I could n't tell you how it 's done , it 's done with a spray . |