Example sentences of "you [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | You must n't let her know this has happened . |
2 | " You must n't let her spend too much on me . " |
3 | ‘ You must n't let them take advantage of you , ’ he said . |
4 | Darling , you must n't let him sap your confidence . |
5 | And some you can only laugh at — only you must n't let 'em see it , of course . |
6 | ‘ Still , you must n't let it get you down . ’ |
7 | You must not let them level down the University , but rather use your position to level them up . ’ |
8 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |
9 | You should n't let him depress you like this . ’ |
10 | " You should n't let him lie around without his nappy on , said Clelia severely . |
11 | we should n't of , mum we should n't of , you should n't let me take cos I had erm |
12 | yeah there 's a muse th th there 's a museum at Carne in Normandy , I do n't know if anyone 's been there , we went there last year , and it , it 's a new museum , a memorial museum and that 's the most moving place I 've ever been because it 's actually designed to show how awful war is and that it should n't happen again , it 's not a museum glorifying war , it 's a museum showing that , that it should n't happen , we should n't let it happen and there 's a erm there 's a great big case as you go in which has er a statement from every country that took part in the war , including Germany , and they 're all there , they 're all there together saying that you should n't you should n't let it happen and , and and I , I thought that was the sort o you know i i it was very impressive because i it was n't glorifying anybody , it was n't saying we won the war , you lost the war it was it was a , a coming together to say that it should n't happen . |
13 | He threw a rock down it but you could not hear it strike the bottom … . |
14 | You could drag them to the pitch but you could n't make them perform . |
15 | Until finally , about lunchtime she achieved a state of resignation : you could n't make someone love you if they did n't , and you could n't make them accept love from you if they did n't want it . |
16 | Men wearing white gloves moved it , but you could n't see them do it as the bodies were out of shot . ’ |
17 | a proper one , hi Holly , alright love , so I went , left it and then I went called back last night after college and he said oh I have n't done it yet come on he said we 'll whiz it on the band saw , put it on the band saw and he 'd taken two nails out that you could n't see you know the , the old stamped cast iron ones , the ends had snapped off |
18 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
19 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
20 | No you ca n't make them buy them , no . |
21 | You ca n't make them come off they 're blimming boots . |
22 | You may be responsible for my being here , but you ca n't make me stay . ’ |
23 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
24 | You ca n't make me do anything against my will ! ’ |
25 | " I wo n't go , you ca n't make me go ! " |
26 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
27 | ‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister , ’ she said slowly . |
28 | You can take a newt to water , but you ca n't make him swim . |
29 | With a timid child , you can take her to the mum-and-toddler group , but you ca n't make her play . |
30 | If there is one overriding golden rule with feeding any plant , but especially with roses , it is the meaning of the old saying ‘ you can lead a horse to water , but you ca n't make it drink ’ . |