Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 2 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 3 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 4 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 7 | He would just make me go and wipe it all off . |
| 8 | He would n't make me have my birthday party in the rumpus-room with the girls . |
| 9 | When I got married , he would n't let me go to visit the Girls ' Club . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 12 | He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop . |
| 13 | He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking , |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then he would n't let me help clear away . |
| 18 | I thought he would always make me suffer , whatever happened . |
| 19 | He would never let me touch them , always cleaned them himself . |
| 20 | The guy holds tight to his pistol but he ca n't make me move my knee . |
| 21 | ‘ He ca n't let me go until he gives me my keys . ’ |
| 22 | In answer to Sophie 's question , she said , ‘ Ian says that when we 're married he wo n't let me treat farm animals . ’ |
| 23 | he wo n't let me go round the kids house , he wo n't let me do |
| 24 | he wo n't let me go round the kids house , he wo n't let me do |
| 25 | well I can do , but he wo n't let me do any of the things I want |
| 26 | He lets waste bits of paper pile up in his room — he wo n't let me touch them . |
| 27 | I mean , my mother left money for me , it 's in a trust , it gives me something , but he wo n't let me touch the rest of it or set up in anything , he 's a trustee . |
| 28 | ‘ He wo n't let me get up or go out , or even sit in the armchair for a bit , ’ said Dolly . |