Example sentences of "not to let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For your health 's sake , it is important not to let yourself get overweight . |
| 2 | For your health 's sake , it is important not to let yourself get overweight . |
| 3 | For your health 's sake , it is important not to let yourself get overweight . |
| 4 | ‘ Try not to let yourself get so intense about everything . |
| 5 | For a second there was that other side of him I sense , the violence , hatred , absolute determination not to let me go . |
| 6 | He telephoned the hospital from London , left strict instructions not to let me see Charles . ’ |
| 7 | It is specially important not to let him vegetate in front of the television for long periods . |
| 8 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 9 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 10 | Plus a warning not to let him start doing anything of his own . |
| 11 | ‘ Can I help you ? ’ she asked , trying not to let him see the amusement in her blue eyes . |
| 12 | Determined not to let him keep the advantage , she bundled the unwanted attraction she felt for him into a cupboard and locked the door on it , before retorting sweetly , ‘ Well , as your invitation was so pressing , I thought I might as well take full advantage of it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Looks like it , ’ Sarella returned , trying not to let him get the better of her this time . |
| 14 | Apparently everyone was hoping that he would n't come back here , because his people moved out after he went to prison , and asked Mrs McD not to let him know their address . ’ |
| 15 | She was determined not to let him know he still had the power to make her feel anything at all . |
| 16 | She worshipped him and was canny enough not to let him know . |
| 17 | It was better not to let him know that Chris woke regularly two or three times every night . |
| 18 | All that was left to her now was pride — pride not to let him know how much he had hurt her , pride not to let him find out how much she loved him . |
| 19 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 20 | All that was left to her now was pride — pride not to let him know how much he had hurt her , pride not to let him find out how much she loved him . |
| 21 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 22 | I think the important thing is not to let them go away thinking , you know , oh , why did I bother , there 's obviously no point in carrying on with it . |
| 23 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
| 24 | ‘ We are determined not to let them ruin our motorcycling . ’ |
| 25 | I have tried , without , I hope , ignoring economic and social factors , not to let them obliterate what is after all the key to any historical situation — the men who thought or acted in this way or that . ’ |
| 26 | The NSFU found it necessary to escort its men from the vessel through the BSU pickets , with their branch secretary French at their head , while the BSU men , led by Shinwell , were determined not to let them pass . |
| 27 | Just when Tod has established our relationship with Irene on a secure footing , the kind of set-up that any sane man would kill for , with her punctual visits and affectionate phone calls , the movies we enjoy together , the fine dining , the peace and safety ( the forgiveness ) that her presence confers , plus the exquisitely torpid lovemaking which takes place right on the button every couple of months or so , and reaching the stage , now , where I think we can tackle her , gently but firmly , about her untidiness around the house , because it 's best to get these things out in the open , not to let them rankle and fester , and so on-guess what . |
| 28 | And therefore grumbling couples complain in cars on their way to Harley Street from the Home Counties and beg one another not to let them drink too much : therefore Esther and Alix meet and laugh on a street corner a few hundred yards away : therefore stepchildren muster and stepparents-in-law assemble : therefore Liz Headleand 's mother sits alone , ever alone untelephoned , distant , incomprehending , incomprehended , remote , mad , long mad , imprisoned , secret , silent , silenced , listening to the silence of her house . |
| 29 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 30 | not to let them get out of the pov that 's what I 'm saying , it suits them because they can buy up property much cheaper than if that two hundred pounds a week that 's being spent on bed and breakfast , that , they were spent on helping them with the problems as they are at the moment . |