Example sentences of "he would not [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’
3 He would n't make me have my birthday party in the rumpus-room with the girls .
4 He ate dinner and all she could remember was living with him in London ; when they rented a flat , he would n't let her cook .
5 He would n't let her make it his problem .
6 And Gill gave her job to go and work in the shop and he would n't let her go and work in it .
7 When I got married , he would n't let me go to visit the Girls ' Club .
8 And he would n't let me go at nine o'clock if he thought I had n't have been knackered and ready to fall down you know .
9 He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see .
10 He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop .
11 He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking ,
12 My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them .
13 ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it .
14 He would n't let me pick him up , comfort him , do anything with him at all and I just did n't know what was wrong with him .
15 Then he would n't let me help clear away .
16 He would n't let them tell her .
17 I know you were only a junior minister , but one hears about things when one 's down the line , that he was very presidential , that he would n't let them talk much and was very stiff and frozen .
18 He would n't let them have them out when we were there .
19 ‘ If daddy was alive he would n't let him do this to me !
20 and said he wanted an M O T on it , so his dad offered but he scrubbed his did , he would n't let him do it
21 Fell in love with the Duke of Athens ’ sweet little widow , and tried to get rid of the Patriarch of Constantinople when he would n't let him divorce his first wife .
22 She might have known he would n't let it go so easily .
23 He 'll be screaming , yo you know , he would n't let you touch the phone or something ! not tonight .
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