Example sentences of "and [modal v] not let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that choked the air and would n't let him eat |
| 2 | But rather than have Mercedes back in the factory , the company preferred to pay her wages through the Ministry of Labour and would n't let her return to work or even come near the factory . |
| 3 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 4 | So if I wrote a letter and would n't let you see it , how would you feel ? |
| 5 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Boo does not conform to the community 's code because when he got into trouble at the age of 18 , his father , a very strict Baptist , undertook to punish his son himself , rather than let the law do it and for the rest of his life until he died , he kept his son away from the outside world and would not let him mix with the neighbours . |
| 8 | For the beings who had created it and would not let it die . |
| 9 | And will not let thee go . |
| 10 | Von Roon said : ‘ Our God of old lives still and will not let us perish in disgrace . ’ |
| 11 | She becomes frightened of the foal or aggressive towards it and will not let it suckle . |
| 12 | That 's why he hates the garden so much , and wo n't let anyone go in there . ’ |