Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would not let them have the Grimoire . |
| 2 | I knew the master would not let her leave the safety of the Grange to go so far , especially as the road to the hills passed close to Wuthering Heights . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 5 | Surely they would n't make them go the whole distance in the dark ? |
| 6 | ‘ So that 's why you would n't let them burn the trimmings , ’ Whitaker said . |
| 7 | His other would n't let him have the car . |
| 8 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 9 | You would n't let me turn the telly on which is what most people want to do on a Saturday evening , off |
| 10 | She brought Emel , but her husband would n't let her bring the boys . |
| 11 | And we would n't let her have the points till she came back and finished the other twenty . |
| 12 | She would n't let us do the washing — she said we did n't wash properly . |
| 13 | What had gone so wrong that they would n't let us hear the news ? |
| 14 | He 'll be screaming , yo you know , he would n't let you touch the phone or something ! not tonight . |
| 15 | Meaning you know paper plates and what not and she said oh last time sister Joyce would even let me use the kitchen , I said you can use the kitchen , I just wondered erm , you know , so anyway |