Example sentences of "not tell [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She did not tell him the price or the amount of shares involved , but did say that an announcement would soon be made .
2 She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way .
3 Both of them realised that he had abandoned all pretence that Sally-Anne was an ordinary young woman come to work in Vetch Street , but neither of them pursued the matter , Dr Neil from delicacy , and Sally-Anne because she could not tell him the real truth about herself — he would undoubtedly immediately send her back to the embassy , and she did not want that at all — it would be failure .
4 She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess .
5 Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend .
6 Or did you not tell her a time ?
7 What time did you tell Marg , or did you not tell her a time ?
8 Which was okay when he was younger ; his mother , she had helped him choose his first wigs ( even if he could not tell her the cause of his fright , all his hair was on the pillow ) .
9 Better not tell her the truth .
10 Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk .
11 Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone .
12 He took his wife with him , but he was n't sure that she would keep his secret , so he did not tell her the truth .
13 I can imagine a lot of beautiful things that , among their functions , will not tell me the time .
14 You do not tell me the depth of your pond , but shallow ponds ( if yours is indeed shallow ) are much more prone to algal infestation because they warm up so much more quickly and have such a large surface area in relation to volume .
15 They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’
16 And then she added , ‘ But why not tell you the truth ?
17 Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots
18 I d I know that , there 's that phrase you know , we will never see his like again , I think we probably will , but it will be a very long time , and I can not tell you the infinite feeling of sadness erm , that I felt when I heard of his passing .
19 We do not tell you the location of these areas , nor do we tell you which pennant is in which combat zone .
20 That 's right so you then go into the en suite room , well I can not tell you the trouble I 've had from the en suite !
21 We can not tell who the members of such a union might be .
22 This does not tell us a great deal .
23 Moreover , stateless societies are either small tribal societies , or small communities within a larger political system , and their political arrangements do not tell us a great deal that is relevant to the great majority of human societies .
24 This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments .
25 The Government say that they can not tell us the value of the companies because the information is commercially sensitive .
26 He would n't tell me a whole lot about what the countries were like , because he did n't know himself .
27 Marriage misinterpreted his hesitation and said querulously : ‘ Dot really did n't tell me a thing , nothing .
28 He could n't tell me a price .
29 Do n't tell me a mistake ?
30 ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident .
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