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

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1 That will give us many important opportunities which we must not let drop .
2 ‘ Well , I should n't let Wattling play , ’ continued Toby hurriedly .
3 Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina .
4 He could n't let Caspar out without him , Philip , to help him .
5 There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go .
6 But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops .
7 It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go .
8 But somehow she could n't let go .
9 Felipe issued the order very calmly but she just could n't let go .
10 I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady .
11 They would not let go .
12 He would not let go of it .
13 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 .
14 It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go
15 The reason why I did n't get much of a word in edgeways was because my lady chairman on the other side of her would n't let kept attracting her attention , so I erm there is to a lot extent a false image .
16 As did Edward York 's Basilio-he had it , but would n't let go of it .
17 ‘ Got my head in a leg-lock and would n't let go .
18 She tugged at her hand , but he would n't let go .
19 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 .
20 I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him .
21 Would n't let go of his hand-grenade .
22 But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go .
23 The pack would n't let go .
24 ‘ 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 .
25 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 .
26 ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go .
27 We were both the sort of people who just ca n't let go once they have got their teeth into something .
28 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 .
29 Ca n't let go of this .
30 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 .
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