Example sentences of "[pron] would [not/n't] let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 2 | ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go . |
| 3 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 4 | They would not let go . |
| 5 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 6 | He would not let go of it . |
| 7 | She tugged at her hand , but he would n't let go . |
| 8 | I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him . |