Example sentences of "[not/n't] let [noun prp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I do not know the Lord , and moreover I will not let Israel go " ( 5:2 ) . |
2 | At the moment , Hillsborough chairman David Richards insists they will not let Hirst go , but it seems United are prepared to step up the pressure to test their nerve . |
3 | She laughed and cried at the same time , and could not let Oliver go . |
4 | I will not let Caliban make me immoral ; even though he deserves all my hatred and bitterness and an axe in his head . |
5 | Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies , but he did not let Oates buy them . |
6 | She could not let Luke see how frightened she was . |
7 | It does not appear in Heath 's brief memorandum of de Lattre 's meeting with Truman but de Lattre subsequently claimed to have been very reassured by the President 's statement : ‘ We would not let Indo-China fall into enemy hands . ’ |
8 | She would n't let Philip go . |
9 | And she would n't let Lucenzo crush her . |
10 | ‘ Do n't let Emma hear you . ’ |
11 | Rose 's mother showed the girls the house and the fowl and farm animals , including a pet goat who would n't let Rose milk her unless she sprayed herself with a perfume that the mother used . |
12 | Do n't let Aniushka see it . ’ |
13 | But Williams would n't let Halliwell see that he thought so little of him . |
14 | When they would n't let Tommy take it , he shot them |
15 | ‘ I want 5–0 on the scoreboard by half-time , ’ Drew told Rutshire , ‘ and do n't let Randy get loose . ’ |
16 | ‘ Do n't let Paul hear you suggest such a thing ! |
17 | Yeah well just do n't let Christine know . |
18 | Do n't let Dagmar get control ; I fear that above anything . ’ |
19 | Do n't let Ryan destroy you , Leo had said , and now it was equally true of himself . |
20 | If you wan na play it , you play it , you know do n't let Matthew put you off . |
21 | You did n't count on Dick being so conscientious that he would n't let Martin watch alone . ’ |
22 | Jes said , I ca n't let June come to work today . |
23 | He says that 's a when , he said I ca n't let June come to work he said I was he said first things that went through my mind were someone 's decided to finish , what 's gone off ? |
24 | You wo n't let Garvey know , will you ? ’ |
25 | Arthur Schlesinger , for instance , records one State Department complaint in January 1962 : " We ca n't let Macmillan practise this emotional blackmail on us . " |
26 | When Nellie 's Mum was very large and the baby was due she would n't let Nellie go far in case she needed to fetch the midwife . |
27 | You should n't let Rourke get to you , you know . |
28 | On the way home in the taxi ( Nigel was indulging them for once — he could n't let Gina use her bike under the circumstances ) he took delight in telling her she had a spot on her backside . |
29 | ‘ Do n't let Barney hear you say that , ’ Melissa murmured with a faint smile . |
30 | Do n't let Toby get too far and do n't let him run away to the moon again . |