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

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1 Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see
2 Times hard , thought of all days , thought the old lady still would n't let me of the old erm
3 He wanted to make sure he knew who 'd been the problem and would n't let me off the hook .
4 I 'm a I I I 'm an er avid golfer , you I did n't say a golfer because that meant I could play , erm but I would n't put me on the golf clubs .
5 I hope they do n't call another in a fortnight , but it would n't surprise me in the least .
6 I mean , it would n't surprise me in the least if , if you analyzed this dream you discovered it had nothing to do with being at school and nothing to do with taking exams .
7 I would n't trust me on the golf club scene .
8 Lee Marvin , who had a good supporting role in the film , told me , ‘ The big problem I had with Monty Clift was that he would n't look me in the eye .
9 With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before .
10 One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’
11 Ca n't hang me from the yard-arm , though .
12 I suppose she 's just done one for you , no wonder you ca n't look me in the face . ’
13 But he ca n't look me in the face .
14 That 's why you ca n't look me in the eyes . ’
15 If you ca n't hear me at the back because my voice drops from time to time then shout away because I 'm not always aware of how well it carries .
16 And she was glad to have the strength of anger against him as she deciphered coolly , ‘ What you 're really saying is that either I leave Travis alone , or , if you ca n't get me over the Norwood & Chambers contract , you wo n't rest until you find some other contract I 've had small dealings with and which did n't work out , which added together will amount to dereliction of duty . ’
17 Well she wo n't tell me about the other one .
18 Yes , I had forgotten ; you must get someone else , and if you 're worrying about my career I 'll remind you I 'm quite well known in the fashion world and a few weeks ’ absence wo n't hurt me in the least . ’
19 ‘ The guys wo n't keep me on the team .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 ‘ He wo n't let me into the house . ’
23 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 .
24 " They wo n't let me inside the door of an inn . "
25 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 . ’
26 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 . ’
27 ‘ You wo n't see me on the beach , I 'm sight-seeing ! ’
28 The audience wo n't see me in the sequence .
29 ‘ He wo n't find me in the forest .
30 He wo n't look me in the eye .
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