Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [not/n't] tell you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must n't tell you that I want to bury myself in your body ? ’ he enquired . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't tell you , but I 'm sure it 'll go no further . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps I should n't tell you this , but — but one of the walled gardens is locked up . |
| 4 | ‘ I was contacted — by the consul in Monte — oh , I should n't tell you these things , but … ’ |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's time to get up , ’ she was saying , ‘ Come along , I 'll not tell you again . |
| 9 | ‘ Putney Heath , but I could n't tell you on the telephone . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't tell you much about Liverpool 's players these days but ask me about Uxbridge 's outside-right and I 'll give you a Dimbleby lecture — if you can stay awake long enough , ’ he jokes . |
| 12 | On the other hand I 'm afraid I could n't tell you whether Stuart was wearing his medium-dark-grey suit or his dark-dark-grey suit for the ceremony . |
| 13 | How many people have I caught , I could n't tell you cos I 've never kept a record . |
| 14 | I I could n't tell you that . |
| 15 | We did get a bit of u of er union pay then I I could n't tell you how much it was but it was n't very much , but er |
| 16 | But one one time one man put up and I do n't know the reason why and I could n't tell you the year but his name was er the Honour somebody . |
| 17 | I could n't tell you because your reactions were always so extreme . ’ |
| 18 | Yes , yes well as I say , you 're coming into the shop and I do n't know what was in now I could n't tell you , but anyway |
| 19 | He used to go to a lotta places er that as knocked down or , well I could n't tell you the kind of job , but often there was some locks on the premises was er , perhaps needed repair or he wanted them to be in before he could leave the job and say here you are , that 's the job done . |
| 20 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 21 | I could n't tell you what , but they collected quite a lot of money for us and er , and er , er , they were holding things there , er people were holding boxes at the bottom of the gate like and er |
| 22 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 23 | I seem to remember , i i i you know , you try to bri you brought something back into me mind through saying that but er I , I ca n't , I could n't tell you nothing about it no no I could n't tell you nothing about it . |
| 24 | I could n't tell you what . |
| 25 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry , ch'un tzu , but I could n't tell you before . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ Josie said , turning her page and then refolding the newspaper to keep it manageable , ‘ I could n't tell you for sure . |
| 28 | No I could n't tell you much about it . |
| 29 | Well I do n't know if there are any women , I could n't tell you whether any girls have applied to be like trainee tenters , that 's people that sort |
| 30 | I could n't tell you . |