Example sentences of "n't let [pron] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He partic'ly said I was n't to let you lift a finger about the house . ’ |
| 2 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 3 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 4 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 5 | ‘ Mrs Richards , if you wo n't let me call an ambulance , I 'll have to take you through to the sick bay here , and nurse you myself . |
| 6 | I mean , my mother left money for me , it 's in a trust , it gives me something , but he wo n't let me touch the rest of it or set up in anything , he 's a trustee . |
| 7 | I ca n't let him organize a search party . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | His other would n't let him have the car . |
| 10 | Do n't let him pick a fight now , prayed Denis , we 're almost home . |
| 11 | I could n't let him know the strength of my feelings — I was afraid it might frighten him off . |
| 12 | She must n't let him take the rise out of her like that . |
| 13 | But do n't let them make a pig of you . |
| 14 | where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ? |
| 15 | I could n't let myself feel the pain until many years later and with the pain came anger . |
| 16 | I sha n't let her do a thing , cause I 'll be two steps afront of her all the time . ’ |
| 17 | She could n't pay for an abortion herself because Nigel wo n't let her have a cheque book or a credit card , let alone any cash . |
| 18 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 19 | Do n't let her know a thing . ’ |
| 20 | She suddenly saw how selfish she had been , and knew at last the answer to the thing that had puzzled her for so long — why her mummy , who had been a keen Brownie Guider and loved Brownies , would n't let her join a Pack . |
| 21 | The Captain ca n't let us 'ave the 'all for me daughter 's weddin' . ’ |
| 22 | Do n't let us do the Tory 's work for them by tearing ourselves apart . |
| 23 | She would n't let us do the washing — she said we did n't wash properly . |
| 24 | He concluded sadly : ‘ Do n't let us frighten the oil companies away . ’ |
| 25 | What had gone so wrong that they would n't let us hear the news ? |
| 26 | The receptionist would say : ‘ What 's wrong with you ? ’ and I 'd say : ‘ Well , actually it 's a bit personal and I 'd sooner see the doctor about it , ’ and they 'd say : ‘ Oh , we ca n't let you see the doctor until you tell us what 's wrong with you . ’ |
| 27 | He 'll be screaming , yo you know , he would n't let you touch the phone or something ! not tonight . |
| 28 | That 's why they do n't let you have the Walkman . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I ca n't let you have the room then . ’ |
| 30 | If you ca n't make the client understand what you are talking about , it is likely that consumers will also be mystified , so the client wo n't let you run the campaign . |