Example sentences of "never [vb infin] let [pron] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	They are my friends , they 've supported me and I 'd never want to let them down . ’
2	‘ If anything had happened to your precious boat , or we 'd both drowned , you 'd never have let me forget — ’ Her voice trailed off as she recognised the absurdity of what she was saying .
3	My father would never have let me start digging up our graveyard for family pets otherwise , so off they had to go , departing this life in the rather undignified garb of half a badminton shuttlecock .
4	Athelstan sensed that , if he had known who they were before he answered the door , he would never have let them inside , or else would have taken measures to hide whatever he had in the house .
5	If the Soviet Union had kept proper watch on Mr Castro , it would never have let him pull it into the missile crisis of 1962 .
6	You should never have let him leave . ’
7	Wally will know , because the Profitboss would never have let him keep his job if he did n't .
8	They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it .
9	She should never have let him slip away silently to Pool in the first place , but clung fast to him there among the trees and called out the men to overpower him .
10	I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’
11	He should never have let her talk him into letting her give hers first when they had been deciding how to handle this whole situation .
12	He would never have let her go if he had n't been distracted by his own interests .
13	You prick , he said , I should never have let you take them up .
14	I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place !
15	But I should never have let you slip away so easily .
16	‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently .
17	I should never have let your father drive me away from you .
18	She would never have let someone like that come home with her .

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