Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | on that somebody 's knocked it down by half and not told him . |
| 2 | In order that the CAA and AAIB can decide on appropriate action , they need to know whether anyone else has had a similar failure or found signs of overheating on one of these units and not told them about it . |
| 3 | Then she told me that during the last winter , while I was in Sweden , my father had already had an attack , but they had not told me . |
| 4 | I wondered why McIllvanney had not told me that Rickie and Robin-Anne Crowninshield were drug addicts , then I realised that McIllvanney would not have told me anything that might have risked my acceptance of the charter , but now that I had learned that the twins had such a severe drug problem I was even less keen to take on the job . |
| 5 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 6 | My own reaction at the time — a guilty feeling of my own inadequacy as both feeder and fed , mingled with a wish that she had not told me — indicates that this is an important piece of information . |
| 7 | — No , said Davin , but I wish you had not told me . |
| 8 | Perhaps , they said , he was married or engaged and had not told me the truth about himself . |
| 9 | I was upset and angry because he had not told me his plans . |
| 10 | ‘ It frightened me that you had not told me . |
| 11 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman has not told me about it yet . |
| 12 | ‘ Er — you 've — hm — not told me any more lies , then ? ’ she strove desperately hard to get herself back together , although from what she could see of it Ven was n't objecting that his kisses had the power to scatter all sensible thought . |
| 13 | In conclusion I would suggest the following should help as you have not told me what your horses/ponies will be used for . |
| 14 | She not told me she 's no pins sticking in her . |
| 15 | One thing is certain : if Abraham has not told her of the divine command , then even her worst fears will not allow her to guess what is afoot . |
| 16 | Would it have been better if , like other men , he had not told her ? |
| 17 | He had not told her , and could not tell her , about his secret theft . |
| 18 | She has been good to me and although she knows there is something wrong and maybe suspects there is something I have not told her about she gives nothing away . |
| 19 | Why had I not told her this and that ? |
| 20 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 21 | Since Rhodes she had known ( since he told her ) how he had met the Flemish woman in Lindos ; and had equally known ( although he had not told her ) that Katelina van Borselen had somehow been persuaded or forced into commerce with him . |
| 22 | He had not told her initially because he was by no means sure that she would be anything more than just another fling and , in his quest for an easy life , did not want to complicate things by admitting the relationship . |
| 23 | It is implicit from her statement that , according to her , Mr. Steed , too , had not told her that he had appointed her to be his attorney . |
| 24 | Melanie knew what she was waiting for although she had not told her . |
| 25 | she had guessed Taczek had not told her the whole truth of his relationship with Mills but now had confirmation . |
| 26 | Rachaela 's mother had not told her anything but had given her a rather serious book . |
| 27 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 28 | He had not told her he loved her , but his every action seemed to be saying it , even the tone of his voice . |
| 29 | Had he not told her so last night ? |
| 30 | I had not told her about my summons to the Palace , but when I appeared in a tail coat , this unusual costume , combined with the insistence on punctuality , led her to make an accurate deduction . |