Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm reference has been made er a couple of times to the appendix which I attached to my submission , that 's the map and the schedule of strategic constraints , I feel I ought not to let it pass without some comment . |
| 2 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 3 | I should not let them linger , wasting time , wasting money , until the spring brings them fresh hope . |
| 4 | Oh I should n't let them go for any less than five pound a pair . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I should n't let them get away with it like that , all the same . ’ |
| 6 | I was thinking , I should n't let him talk like this , he 's drawing a net round me . |
| 7 | He , I tell you want he does n't do , I should n't let you hear , but , when he , when him and me are arguing when we were younger , and me dad used to wind Colin up , and wind me up , and I 'd get madder and madder , and me dad used to love it . |
| 8 | ‘ I should n't let it bother you unduly , Lissa , ’ he murmured . |
| 9 | ‘ I should n't let it worry you , ’ said Zimmerman , with rather misplaced heartiness . |
| 10 | " It does n't worry me , duck , so I should n't let it worry you . " |
| 11 | I 'll not let them see me . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll not let you go until you promise to let me see you . ’ |
| 13 | I 'll not let you go to visit the Company with dribbles of yolk all down the front of your suit . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I had no choice , ’ they say , or ‘ I could n't let him/her go into a home . ’ |
| 15 | She was always so obsessed with her appearance , I could n't let her go to her grave in that state … |
| 16 | I could n't let her have her own way every time , however , otherwise she 'd end up training me ! |
| 17 | But I could n't let them have the last letter . |
| 18 | My mate was over seventy , so I could n't let him lift a horse 's foot after ‘ knocking-off ’ time : I actually shoed the two horses . |
| 19 | so I thought I could n't , I could n't let him go |
| 20 | I could n't let him leave you behind . |
| 21 | I could n't let him know the strength of my feelings — I was afraid it might frighten him off . |
| 22 | At first I could n't let myself grieve . |
| 23 | I could n't let myself feel the pain until many years later and with the pain came anger . |
| 24 | I should like to have found you something nicer to do , but I could n't let you go to people we know nothing about , and Mrs Andrews says that her cousin is sure to take care of you . |
| 25 | And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , I could n't let you do that , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I wanted to talk to you for the whole journey , but I could n't let you know that , so I just sat there thinking , I 've got to touch her … |
| 28 | I could n't let you get close because , as I said , I suspected that you were implicated in Elise 's death . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , of course , it is flattering but I could n't let it rule my life and I wo n't . |
| 30 | They looked just like those horrible Yahoos , and at first I could not let them touch me or come near me . |