Example sentences of "i [modal v] not tell he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You told me I must n't tell him . |
| 2 | Sam here 's asked me to be his wife , and I do n't see why I should n't tell him yes . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I could n't tell him while he 's there . |
| 5 | Well at that particular time I could n't tell him . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Father Jankowski looked at me so kindly I could not tell him . |
| 9 | I wanted to answer his question , but I could not tell him my terrible secret . |
| 10 | and it jerked me , but she said it 's a muscle been pulled and it 's , it keeps spasm so she said er , could of been nasty , said I dare n't tell him , cos I says if I tell him it was his fault , I says he 'll never give me another ride , it 's again Thursday night coming back , and his car , you know the car kept , bump , bump , bump , bump , bump |
| 11 | I would n't tell him until he assured me three times that I had the job . |
| 12 | He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were . |
| 13 | I would n't tell him if I went for lunch with my mother or a girl friend and I paid . |
| 14 | I ca n't tell him now — not the way things are at present . ’ |
| 15 | Isobel , bending her head , thought : I ca n't tell him about the baby ; not now . |
| 16 | You ca n't go into the booth with them and I ca n't tell him , ’ says the mother of a very able young man . |
| 17 | I ca n't tell him of the analogies I am cheerfully fabricating . |
| 18 | I ca n't tell him how this exercise fits into the human background . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And of course I ca n't tell him . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't tell him ! ’ he cried . |
| 22 | But Rufus has held them close , and I ca n't tell him he 's wasting his time . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't tell him that ! ’ |
| 24 | I wo n't tell him anything . ’ |
| 25 | I wo n't tell him if it never happens again . |
| 26 | ‘ I wo n't tell him yet . |
| 27 | He says yes , but I wo n't tell him you said that ! |
| 28 | I wo n't give it I sha n't tell him ! |