Example sentences of "would [not/n't] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 2 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 3 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 5 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 6 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 7 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 8 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 9 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
| 10 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
| 11 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ They would n't let me do anything , ’ Nails said aggressively , and with a fair amount of truth . |
| 13 | And an answer has come up , with no , because they would n't let me do biology , you see . |
| 14 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 17 | He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop . |
| 18 | She would n't let me pay for it . |
| 19 | Keith come back here and say have you bought out a video and I 'll say oh no I could n't , Carol would n't let me bring it , they oh no hen pecked , ooh , ooh |
| 20 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 21 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 22 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 23 | Strangely enough , Ken Pitt would n't let me go with him , or his mother for that matter , to receive the award . |
| 24 | Thus the daughter of one mother who drank asked to go to live with her grandmother , in her well-ordered ‘ nice ’ home : ‘ but they would n't let me go . |
| 25 | I was only sixteen ; they would n't let me go on a world tour . |
| 26 | When I got married , he would n't let me go to visit the Girls ' Club . |
| 27 | Your father would n't let me go to her when she was dying , but he could n't come between us . |
| 28 | 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 ] . |
| 29 | And er I was er one that was sorted out to go , but they would n't let me go because er I could n't get b they could n't get me back to work for seven o'clock on Monday morning . |
| 30 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |