Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [pers pn] go " in BNC.

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1 Everyone should demand if the security guards are not functioning their duty we should not let them go by so
2 Oh I should n't let them go for any less than five pound a pair .
3 The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn .
4 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 .
5 ‘ I 'll not let you go until you promise to let me see you . ’
6 I 'll not let you go to visit the Company with dribbles of yolk all down the front of your suit . ’
7 Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again .
8 But Boldwood could not let her go .
9 So she could not let her go alone but must stand in the crowds being shoved , the smell of greasy food and litter breathed over her in this hot air , and the constant blare of noise grinding at her .
10 He could not let it go .
11 After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried .
12 so I thought I could n't , I could n't let him go
13 She was always so obsessed with her appearance , I could n't let her go to her grave in that state …
14 she wants to be near and he said could n't let her go
15 ‘ I had no choice , ’ they say , or ‘ I could n't let him/her go into a home . ’
16 Could n't let it go to the Home , ’ Rose had said briefly .
17 I should like to have found you something nicer to do , but I could n't let you go to people we know nothing about , and Mrs Andrews says that her cousin is sure to take care of you .
18 And then I leaned up to look down into your face , and saw the same vulnerability echoed there , your eyes almost purple , dazed , uncomprehending , and I knew then that I could n't let you go .
19 I dare not let thee go .
20 Cameron would not let him go .
21 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 .
22 She would not let him go .
23 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 .
24 PACKIE BONNER is angry that Glasgow Celtic boss Liam Brady would not let him go on loan to Premier Division club Middlesbrough .
25 Gilbert ceased struggling , realising that Cardiff would not let him go until he knew more .
26 It was hard to leave , too , because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me .
27 One of his targets was former Pool midfieldman Don Hutchison , but Liverpool would not let him go .
28 And there was another thought , too , that would not let her go .
29 But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me .
30 Stapleton would not let it go out unless he thought Sir Henry was there . ’
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