For once he didn't bother telling the door to close.

And do not bother telling me to send him away.

But nobody had bothered telling them what the game actually was.

"That your husband might have been involved in such a program, and never bothered telling you about it."

He didn't bother telling them it would be something of great importance.

When they'd thrown him out of school he hadn't bothered telling his father.

Okay, if the letter is gone, why bother even telling me about it?

She didn't bother telling him that it had been impossible to stay.

As a rule he didn't bother telling jokes these days.

Of course they won't bother telling us what's going on, she thought bitterly.