Example sentences of "not [verb] to let [pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister has told us today that he does not want to let us know what his proposals will be when he goes into negotiations . |
| 2 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 3 | But there is a mysterious group of British engineers , who are not allowed to let us know what they 're doing — I suppose they are helping the Chinese build a factory or something — anyway , it has been refreshing to hear a homely Lancs. accent at the next table . |
| 4 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 5 | We 're trying at the moment to get in non-conformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisation that they 've been involved in , or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 6 | We 're trying at the moment to get in Nonconformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that erm that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisations that they 've been involved in or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county , we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 7 | " You do n't want to let it worry you . |
| 8 | It would n't do to let him see her relief and gratitude . |
| 9 | He said they were good to him whenever they saw him but often he did n't choose to let them see him . |
| 10 | ‘ It must have been obvious that we were n't going to let it slip it seemed that way to me , ’ said Morrissey . |
| 11 | But do n't forget to let me have it will you ? |
| 12 | Do n't forget to let me know what happens . |
| 13 | I could n't bear to let you see me so upset . |