Examples of 'could not have told' in a sentence

Meaning of "could not have told"

could not have told - This phrase is used to express uncertainty or doubt about the possibility of conveying information in the past. It may indicate a lack of prior knowledge or ability to communicate something at an earlier point

How to use "could not have told" in a sentence

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could not have told
He could not have told you why.
What it was I saw that night, I could not have told you back then.
He could not have told himself.
On the Middle East, Lord Carrington could not have told us less than he did.
I could not have told you.
And even more, he could not have told you why.
He could not have told whether he was touched or humiliated.
Simply put, if Schulgen lacked a “ need to know, ” Twining could not have told him.
Dolly could not have told.
I could not have told you how much he was drinking.
I wonder you could not have told me sooner.
I could not have told you this a year ago.
He explained that he could not have told me all these things at home.
She could not have told her mother the truth.
Adam, before the fall, could not have told what good and evil was.

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I could not have told you how much I should expect to pay for a pound of chicken.
How chance the prophet could not have told me, I being by … that I should kill him?
You could not have told this story a few years ago.
Adam and Eve could not have told him anything he did not already know.
God could not have told Moses to behead or execute all Israelites.
I could not have told you, but that would have been dishonest.
You could not have told me I would find what I found ( 1 ).

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