Example sentences of "would [not/n't] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would not tell you if I could . |
| 2 | He would not tell me , or could not explain . |
| 3 | He knew that , even after today , he still would not tell Jahsaxa his work was finished . |
| 4 | She would not tell a ghost . |
| 5 | He would not tell her , this funny bewitching little English girl , that he had come to her first because he could not keep away from her . |
| 6 | If they do not express the concept of multiple points of view in a way familiar to those schooled in western ways , we might be justified in exposing the limitations of their expressions and of the thought system within which they operate , but this would not tell us anything about the individuals or groups themselves as thinkers . |
| 7 | Richard would be furious but perhaps she would not tell Richard . |
| 8 | It was clear that Mrs Fairfax would not tell me any more . |
| 9 | When he realized that Hassan himself would not tell the Shah to go , Marenches offered to do it himself . |
| 10 | ‘ He would not tell me . |
| 11 | There were other things he would not tell her either , such as the reason he had been called away from the restaurant . |
| 12 | No , she would not tell Peter that the person he loved most in the world was dead . |
| 13 | ‘ And , if I did , I would not tell you , Friar . |
| 14 | Two years of misery , querida , because you would not tell me yourself . |
| 15 | I would not tell you , even were you to dismiss me for it . ’ |
| 16 | But she would not tell him yet . |
| 17 | He would n't tell them anything more , but drove by tiny back roads , through impossibly steep villages to the grotesque gardens of Bomarzo . |
| 18 | ‘ Believe me , he would n't tell what it is . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Updike would n't tell me the details of the accident . |
| 20 | His son-in-law , on the old man 's deathbed , asked where the spot was and he would n't tell him . |
| 21 | He would n't tell them that the friend did n't exist , that she was dead , and that there was only the house that Mrs Wright visited and put flowers in . |
| 22 | She would n't tell him anyway . |
| 23 | She would n't tell him about her income , even when he was trying to fill in his tax forms . |
| 24 | ‘ I would n't tell them , ’ she added . |
| 25 | I know you would n't tell him deliberate . |
| 26 | ‘ You would n't tell me otherwise , would you ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If I were you I would n't tell them you have . |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't tell you unless I was . |
| 29 | Some girls would n't tell their brother . |
| 30 | I just do n't believe it , I 'm afraid , but he would n't tell me any more . ’ |