Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] me [vb infin] [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 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 5 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 6 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 7 | ‘ You wo n't let me do an easy penance , then , ’ he said . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |