Example sentences of "be n't [verb] to tell [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are n't trying to tell me you 're sorry it got away , are you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But they are n't going to tell you , are they ? ’ |
| 3 | I gathered you were n't going to tell him , so I kept quiet too . ’ |
| 4 | You were n't going to tell me . |
| 5 | ‘ You were n't going to tell me anyway ! |
| 6 | But we were n't going to tell you anything jut yet . |
| 7 | Harvey said , ‘ He was , Hank , your mother and I were n't going to tell you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That is n't going to tell us much , ’ Devlin said . |
| 9 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |
| 10 | Recently he told me he had found another book to browse in , but he was n't going to tell me what it was , not for any price … ’ |
| 11 | He was n't going to tell me anything so I tried to trade info . |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't going to tell them , Arthur . |
| 13 | I was n't going to tell them anything about you , but you know what I found out ? |
| 14 | She was n't going to tell him . |
| 15 | As Wayne returned , she quickly took her hand away ; she was n't going to tell him about this , not if she could help it . |
| 16 | I realized that she was n't going to tell him about events on Vadinamia so that he would n't jump to any conclusions and complicate things . |
| 17 | Much as Mandy 's well-intentioned little white lies annoyed her , Charity felt intensely loyal to her irrepressible cousin , and she was n't going to tell him that Mandy had an unfortunate trait of bending the truth into what ever pigeon holes suited her . |
| 18 | If war broke out he 'd have to join his father 's regiment , but he was n't going to tell her that . |
| 19 | Secretly Claudia had a sneaky feeling that Myra could be right , but she was n't going to tell her so . |
| 20 | ‘ I was n't going to tell you yet but , ’ she paused . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I was n't going to tell you this , but I went to the bank and asked to see the Manager . |
| 22 | Sniffy Wilson was n't going to tell you where he was . |
| 23 | She danced away to her bedroom to dance back a minute later : " I was n't going to tell you , but I will . " |
| 24 | I was n't going to tell you . |