Example sentences of "[not/n't] tell [pron] [adv] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not tell him how many French had crossed the frontier , nor whether blücher was concentrating his army ; all it told him was that a French force had pushed back the Prussian outposts . |
| 2 | ‘ I stabbed Caroline , I can not tell you how many times . |
| 3 | Unlike most stockbroking firms Vine-Lott can not tell you how many clients he has , for the good reason that much of his business comes from the Barclays branch network , with the individual branch counted as the client rather than the individuals who buy and sell shares in the particular branch . |
| 4 | If the Minister can not tell us how many women have been appointed , will he tell us a statistic that I am sure that he will know ? |
| 5 | ‘ Companies ca n't tell you how many machines they have so how can they possibly protect them ? ’ said Ronald Berg , of the Scandia risk-management company in Sweden . |
| 6 | It would n't tell you how many swallows , it would tell you how many lots of six swallows would east that . |
| 7 | The case does n't tell you how many weeks per year each restaurant is open , either , but you can make a reasonable guess about that , too . |