Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] let i [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 2 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 3 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 4 | Watching the kestrel was a great experience , but life was still very frustrating for me because my mother understandably would n't let me wander very far afield , and I was n't going to see my first real live wild owl in Colchester Park ! |
| 5 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 6 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 7 | I was eating my tea that afternoon — they would n't let me go too — and I got called over to the Centre [ the prison officers ' operational centre within the prison ] . |
| 8 | ‘ She said she would n't let me come here . ’ |
| 9 | A diary entry of the period reads , ‘ Daddy wo n't let me go out to play or listen to Children 's Hour or read stories . |
| 10 | ‘ He wo n't let me get up or go out , or even sit in the armchair for a bit , ’ said Dolly . |
| 11 | ‘ You 're the only one I want to help and you wo n't let me get near you except … except … |
| 12 | ‘ You wo n't let me get off , ’ she countered . |