Example sentences of "would [not/n't] let me [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Would not let me stay here … |
2 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
3 | 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 ! |
4 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
5 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
6 | 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 ] . |
7 | ‘ She said she would n't let me come here . ’ |