Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's not go go down a side road however , as it were , appealing it may be , let's stick to the main difficult one and keep chewing it until we can get an answer . |
| 2 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
| 3 | He knew he could not dare go out of the main door . |
| 4 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 5 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 6 | It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go . |
| 7 | But somehow she could n't let go . |
| 8 | Felipe issued the order very calmly but she just could n't let go . |
| 9 | They would not let go . |
| 10 | He would not let go of it . |
| 11 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 12 | It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go … |
| 13 | As did Edward York 's Basilio-he had it , but would n't let go of it . |
| 14 | ‘ Got my head in a leg-lock and would n't let go . |
| 15 | She tugged at her hand , but he would n't let go . |
| 16 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 17 | I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him . |
| 18 | Would n't let go of his hand-grenade . |
| 19 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 20 | The pack would n't let go . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 22 | there was no sort of , you know , about handshake or anything daft like that he just , he just would n't let go of my hand so I had to pull off really . |
| 23 | ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go . |
| 24 | Just the two men would n't dare go further into the forest than the ford . |
| 25 | We were both the sort of people who just ca n't let go once they have got their teeth into something . |
| 26 | I have to say though that it 's usually very embarrassing to see a group of professional dancers dancing in a club — because they are trained to be self-conscious , they ca n't let go of themselves . |
| 27 | Ca n't let go of this . |
| 28 | other remark , which I ca n't let go unchallenged , that ninety percent of mental health work in the m community is looking after the worried well . |
| 29 | Of course it 's not actually coffin-shaped , but that 's how Tony Hicks of the Hollies , who used an original Phantom XII on a number of the band 's hits ( including Look Through Any Window and I Ca n't Let Go ) referred to the guitar when I spoke to him about his original guitar . |
| 30 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |