Example sentences of "would [not/n't] let " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not let him eat anything canned or frozen , I spoilt him to pieces . |
| 2 | Alcohol and phonecalls , after an attack she would not let herself be too sober or alone . |
| 3 | Cameron would not let him go . |
| 4 | And at the end , after twelve cancelled variants in one short paragraph , a single sentence , itself the third attempt , tells us ‘ They would not let the orchestra go , and musicians who attempted to leave were beaten up ’ , which says all we need to know about the unstated ‘ Keep playing ! ’ whereby the liveliness of the small hours will have been sustained . |
| 5 | Notice that at so young an age he knew that ‘ the Rev. ’ was better than ‘ Rev. ’ But the book was not orthodox in divinity because father locked it up and would not let Michael 's sister read it . |
| 6 | They had not come to rescue her , but the child whom Phoebe would not let be born . |
| 7 | Though it would n't make the least bit of difference to her what way he looked , she would not let the occasion pass without punishing him sharply for still being alive . |
| 8 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Going back to the family problem just mentioned , much as we love that child in spite of his problems , we would not let ourselves be completely taken over . |
| 11 | She would not let him confuse her with his lies . |
| 12 | It requires concentration by the operator but , again , I would not let the speaker do it himself . |
| 13 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 14 | Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona . |
| 15 | She would not let him go . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 18 | Two crews that would have been especially grateful for this kind of compensation were Dennis Arlett and Patricial Lagesse whose accumulated woes would not let them pass Gao while , even more heart-rending was the final submission of the chassis previously held together by Jean-Christophe Savzey and Claire de Valbray — an agonizing 50km from the finish . |
| 19 | In London I would not let a photographer take my picture , because the Government confiscated all the TV footage . |
| 20 | the husband of a client , who would not let the support worker into the house , even though previously he had agreed to try the extra help . |
| 21 | Several primary teachers from the staunch outlying districts would not let the children attend rehearsals let alone the performance in Stornoway . |
| 22 | This man was trying to retreat , but Fedorov would not let him . |
| 23 | But I am jolly sure that they would not let the government of the day , or their contemporary House of Commons , forget how important it is to supply water and to look after the sewers and drains . |
| 24 | He said the government would not let people die if relief does not arrive , but as Ethiopia has no surplus food , no money to buy grain and no means of transporting it , it is hard to see how the government can avoid deaths . |
| 25 | The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat . |
| 26 | He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained . |
| 27 | She even very kindly offered to attend to things , but I would not let her do that because I knew I had to face up to my responsibilities . |
| 28 | But he would not let her , her stubborn sailor , he held on to her as the walls held on to the moving air within her house . |
| 29 | Brian felt that sleep need not have been too much of a problem : he could go to sleep , but the staff would not let him . |
| 30 | They would not let go . |