Example sentences of "could [not/n't] tell [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Even so , he could not disillusion her ; could not tell her the depths to which he had sunk . |
| 3 | Rain asked whether he could not tell her the story on the telephone . |
| 4 | She felt she could not tell him the truth to his face , but there was another way . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Too bad you could n't tell him the truth — that whatever class that dress gets it owes to you . ’ |
| 8 | She could n't tell what the words were , but she was grateful that he was being detained . |
| 9 | He could n't tell me a price . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't tell you the regiment , but there is a lieutenant of that name staying here . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And I supplied , ooh could n't tell you the firms . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't tell you the truth , Ruth . |
| 15 | I I could n't tell you the exact number but it was over a hundred shops in Edinburgh . |
| 16 | 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 ! |