Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] me [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 2 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ It would not occur me to drink a low-alcohol beer , ’ says Alison , a 23-year-old sales assistant . |
| 5 | You , Mr. Speaker , would not permit me to give a full answer to the right hon. Gentleman 's question , which reminds me of a minute that I sent out , when I went to the Home Office in 1987 , to the then permanent secretary . |
| 6 | ‘ You would n't want me to let an old man get beaten up and do nothing . ’ |
| 7 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 8 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 9 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 10 | ‘ You would n't like me to spill the whole lot down the front of Agnese 's dress ? ’ |
| 11 | As he is a nobleman 's son , I know he would n't like me to accept a gift from anyone . |
| 12 | hoping he would n't ask me to turn the telly over and I 'd have to get up . |
| 13 | The police , if they want to say ‘ No comment ’ , they say , ‘ I 'm sure you 'll understand that I ca n't comment on that particular aspect , the matter is sub judice , you would n't wish me to prejudice the . |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't leave me to enter the lion 's den alone ! |
| 15 | ‘ You ca n't mean me to use the bushes ! ’ |
| 16 | You ca n't expect me to take the blame for it ! |
| 17 | However , despite the fact that I had to pay for the survey , the society will not allow me to have a copy of the report . |
| 18 | ‘ You wo n't let me do an easy penance , then , ’ he said . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | I 'm sure he wo n't mind me mentioning the fact , but as far as I know Graham Marsden is still waiting for that elusive ’ two ’ , not that he has n't had his share of big roach , it 's just that the needle of his scales apparently aggravatingly always sticks at around 1lb 15oz ! |
| 22 | The shadow Leader of the House can not ask me to hear a point of order from the Front Bench when I am not prepared to hear them from those on the Back Benches . |