Example sentences of "i do [not/n't] let " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do not let dogs , especially big ones , in my cab . ’ |
| 2 | Even now , five years later , I do not let my children get close to me , although I sometimes allow my wife to sit with me while I eat . |
| 3 | ‘ How will you leave if I do not let you ? ’ |
| 4 | But I do n't let on , I 'm not telling them that . ’ |
| 5 | I love my wife and children but I do n't let them get in the way of company work . ’ |
| 6 | F—in' red wine on the carpet , that was bad , white wine on the walls so you get like a nice green tinge and they 'd been sick and broken the toilet seat and they 'd shit in the toilet and not flush it , fags in the coffee cups , I do n't let them come round any more … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't let money lie around , ’ said Joe . |
| 8 | As Derek Brown of Birchfield , who at 13 years old and speculating on a career in athletics , spending two evenings and a Sunday morning training , said : ‘ I do n't let it bother my school work 'cause I can get it all done in my other time , but this [ athletics ] is what I 'd really like to do ; I keep setting myself goals every year to get to the top . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm black and I 've got to be better than the next applicant , but I do n't let it hold me back . |
| 10 | I do n't let the ironing build up too much . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't let colour get in the way of right and wrong . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So you 're going to shoot me if I do n't let go , right ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm hardened to the noise that D and Baby make at home , but I do n't let them get away with it while I 'm around . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't let someone else do my dirty work for me . |
| 15 | Certainly I do n't let small things stand in my way when I really set out to achieve my ends . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ For a start , ’ whispers Anya into Rainbow 's ear , making her shriek and jump , ‘ I do n't let myself get caught with my trousers down and get banged up in trees and looking-glasses . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't let it get me down . |
| 18 | I do n't let any Tom , Dick or Harry save my life . |
| 19 | you know , cos I was in desperation then , but , nobody , I mean I just , I just do n't bother , I do n't let things bother me it 's as simple as that |
| 20 | And if I do n't let you see it , I 'm dead ? |
| 21 | That I do n't let on . |
| 22 | Even I do n't let him get away with that and he 's not my little brother . |
| 23 | Newspapers , journalists do n't just work office hours , I know they 'd like to but they , they I do n't let them but also a tremendous problem that they that that that you are always tied up in meetings and things during the day , you know , so make sure , try and develop personal contacts so you 've got a decent personal contact when you do n't mind giving your home number to someone . |