Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] tell [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 5 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | And he said , it 's most unlike me , as you probably know , but he said I could n't tell you the last time I had time off work , but he said , I have n't been into the office since th cos I 've been feeling really bad ! |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 8 | It comes in handy , know a blue car and I think it has a boot , I ca n't tell you the type of , do n't make it up , if you do n't kn know , do n't make it up . |
| 9 | I ca n't tell you the dreck we 're going to have in it . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't tell you the reason , ’ he murmured . |
| 11 | I ca n't tell you the terrible sense of horror I had . |
| 12 | Yes , I know that Wolverhampton won , but I ca n't tell you the actual score . |
| 13 | But I wo n't tell you the end ! |
| 14 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 15 | Aye you see I can not tell you the right story , but when Mary Queen of Scots |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ! |