Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 As we sat discussing her script in the BBC canteen , her determined manner and the intensity of her gaze occasionally reminded me — though she wo n't thank me for the comparison — of Margaret Thatcher .
32 We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in .
33 ‘ He wo n't let me into the house . ’
34 With a cellar full of enough cordite to wipe half the island off the map it does seem a bit daft , but my father wo n't let me near the stuff .
35 " They wo n't let me inside the door of an inn . "
36 Peacock junior said : ‘ I 've now scored 10 this season from midfield which is very pleasing , but I 'm worried that Dad wo n't let me in the house anymore . ’
37 Besides two short piano pieces from Sanctus , Words For The Dying also includes the luminous The Soul of Carmen Miranda , one of three spontaneous and highly promising recordings with Eno that will set the tone for the next album , ‘ a rock'n'roll record I can be happy with because the percussion wo n't hit me over the head . ’
38 ‘ You wo n't see me on the beach , I 'm sight-seeing ! ’
39 The audience wo n't see me in the sequence .
40 ‘ He wo n't find me in the forest .
41 He wo n't look me in the eye .
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