Example sentences of "[modal v] n't let them [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You must n't let them take advantage of you , ’ he said .
2 Oh I should n't let them go for any less than five pound a pair .
3 ‘ Well , I should n't let them get away with it like that , all the same . ’
4 Up to that point , says Mr K , ‘ we could n't let them win .
5 But I could n't let them have the last letter .
6 I know you were only a junior minister , but one hears about things when one 's down the line , that he was very presidential , that he would n't let them talk much and was very stiff and frozen .
7 He would n't let them tell her .
8 ‘ I would n't let them go home , ’ Gareth said .
9 And of course John and the two oldest children would n't let them go without taking their turn at the slide .
10 Another thing — Vic would n't let them bring in newspapers , which pissed me off .
11 We would n't let them meet on the corners because the people in the houses on the corners always used to complain of the row that they made — used to chase them .
12 ‘ So that 's why you would n't let them burn the trimmings , ’ Whitaker said .
13 ‘ You know Daddy would n't let them do that . ’
14 No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign .
15 Oh I would n't let them drive me out
16 I would n't let them drive me out would you ?
17 They just would n't let them come out with the flour .
18 I mean if I did n't like the person I would n't let them know .
19 He would n't let them have them out when we were there .
20 where they did n't like the Christmas , not the modern parents where they , they would n't let them have a Christmas tree , the erm the critics is was erm oh what was that about ?
21 I do n't know whether it is just the advance of modern technology within the family , or whether it is because the type of material the fire is built with nowadays would n't let them taste quite so good .
22 ‘ We ca n't let them go without doing something , ’ I said , thinking of poor Josef .
23 ‘ We ca n't let them go ! ’
24 go with them we ca n't let them go on there own , I mean once there 've school , you 've got to take come back later or something .
25 He , he ca n't let them go .
26 she said I ca n't let them do playdo I ca n't let them do painting she 's just got nowhere to let them do anything .
27 she said I ca n't let them do playdo I ca n't let them do painting she 's just got nowhere to let them do anything .
28 ‘ We ca n't let them get away with that , ’ said Mrs Mott eyeing Harry Dodson 's looped festoons of smilax , positively growing before her eyes .
29 ‘ You ca n't let them get hold of her , Rachaela .
30 I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want .
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