Example sentences of "would not let i " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 2 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 3 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 4 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 5 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 6 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
| 7 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 8 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 9 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 10 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 11 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 12 | They would n't let me plug it by myself . ’ |
| 13 | I wish I could see Annie again , but they took me away , and they would n't let me see her again . |
| 14 | That 's one reason I do n't want Mr Jackson to send me to Combe Court — they would n't let me keep Satan . |
| 15 | Strangely enough , Ken Pitt would n't let me go with him , or his mother for that matter , to receive the award . |
| 16 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
| 17 | Thus the daughter of one mother who drank asked to go to live with her grandmother , in her well-ordered ‘ nice ’ home : ‘ but they would n't let me go . |
| 18 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 19 | ‘ And Sam would n't let me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They would n't let me do anything , ’ Nails said aggressively , and with a fair amount of truth . |
| 21 | I was only sixteen ; they would n't let me go on a world tour . |
| 22 | When I got married , he would n't let me go to visit the Girls ' Club . |
| 23 | ‘ She said she would n't let me come here . ’ |
| 24 | Alejandro would n't let me stick and ball for a week . |
| 25 | Your father would n't let me go to her when she was dying , but he could n't come between us . |
| 26 | Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ . |
| 27 | But they would n't let me out of the Airport ! |
| 28 | The material that I used was a lovely heavy cream bridal fabric , chosen because it was the closest equivalent I could find to the bride 's dress — surprisingly enough , she would n't let me chop a hole in the real thing ! |
| 29 | She would n't let me somehow . |
| 30 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |