Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] let he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must n't let him take the rise out of her like that . |
| 2 | But she could n't , must n't let him kiss her again . |
| 3 | ‘ We must n't let him know ’ , they said , when some part of the job had gone smoothly ( him referring either to manager , or to Chief Steward ) . |
| 4 | Darling , you must n't let him sap your confidence . |
| 5 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |
| 6 | I was thinking , I should n't let him talk like this , he 's drawing a net round me . |
| 7 | You should n't let him depress you like this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You really should n't let him say things like that , should you ? |
| 9 | " You should n't let him lie around without his nappy on , said Clelia severely . |
| 10 | She could not let him throw last night in her face . |
| 11 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 12 | No matter what it cost her , she could not let him leave without trying to speak to him . |
| 13 | Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again . |
| 14 | Now they could not let him slip away . |
| 15 | She could not let him get close to her . |
| 16 | so I thought I could n't , I could n't let him go |
| 17 | My mate was over seventy , so I could n't let him lift a horse 's foot after ‘ knocking-off ’ time : I actually shoed the two horses . |
| 18 | I could n't let him leave you behind . |
| 19 | I could n't let him know the strength of my feelings — I was afraid it might frighten him off . |
| 20 | He hated and desired her , but she could n't let him know she saw the desire . |
| 21 | But she could n't let him see that it had meant something to her . |
| 22 | Tears burned at the back of her eyelids , but she dare n't let him see . |
| 23 | She would not let him matter . |
| 24 | Cameron would not let him go . |
| 25 | Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona . |
| 26 | She would not let him go . |
| 27 | The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat . |
| 28 | PACKIE BONNER is angry that Glasgow Celtic boss Liam Brady would not let him go on loan to Premier Division club Middlesbrough . |
| 29 | Gilbert ceased struggling , realising that Cardiff would not let him go until he knew more . |
| 30 | It was hard to leave , too , because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me . |