Example sentences of "n't let [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Which is why I 'm ringing , ’ Rosemary revealed , and confessed , ‘ I have n't let myself face how lonely I was for the sound of his voice .
2 I had n't let myself stop and think about it , but I knew there was something very wrong with me , and although I was n't depressed exactly , I was going through hell .
3 I suppose I had n't let myself think it through — I mean , I was so happy when she said she loved me , I never stopped to think seriously about what I had to offer her .
4 ‘ Eileen says her whiskey cake is better , but I have n't let her prove it yet . ’
5 ‘ I did ask him why he had n't let me know on his way there that he would be coming later .
6 Pat you could also send the same letter to doctor of the Ministero M I N I S T E R O Dell' capital D E L L apostrophe , capital A G R I C O L D U R A Spise , small E , Spise Delle D E L L E space Foreste F O R E S T E in Italy , you have the address I 'm , I think , but if you have n't let me know .
7 They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family .
8 Surely Lee had n't let him get loose .
9 Eva had n't let him see it before ; she just bought it quickly when we sold the house in Beckenham and had to get out .
10 And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know !
11 It has n't always been easy but I 've always kept my self-respect , and I have n't let anybody take that away .
12 Arms she had n't let herself expect .
13 Her best coat would perhaps have been better because it would make her look as though she had n't let herself go , but on the other hand her frightful old lumber jacket would have suggested , what was true enough , that she was worried enough not to care .
14 MI5 has n't let you know it .
15 However , she has n't let it get to her : ‘ I do n't think I have suffered from the male domination thing as much as other women might because I 'm a belligerent , stubborn , loud-mouthed bastard , basically ! ’
16 Well it is but I mus n't let it annoy me Brenda because in a way he must know what he 's doing .
17 Erm , we have n't let anyone disagree with that either .
18 ( 217b ) * I don't/did n't let him do it , but he does/did it .
19 He partic'ly said I was n't to let you lift a finger about the house . ’
20 It was so far outside anything he 'd ever seen before that his mind was n't letting him worry about it .
21 On the physical level , at least , he was n't letting himself go .
22 ‘ Well , we ai n't letting 'er go , that 's for sure , ’ Forest told him , releasing his hold so that she crumpled to the floor .
23 He was n't letting it go , not for anybody .
24 ‘ Do n't let me leave , ’ she said .
25 ‘ My parents would n't let me leave school , so I got a daily paper-round and weekend work at the local timber yard .
26 ‘ Knowing the attitude of these men , they wo n't let me fail .
27 She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket .
28 He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop .
29 She would n't let me pay for it .
30 In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it .
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