Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Leslie Weatherhead wrote , in Prescription for Anxiety , ‘ Deadness of feeling , even if we think we do not love anybody , not even God , must not make us worry . |
| 2 | You must not let them level down the University , but rather use your position to level them up . ’ |
| 3 | We must not let them forget where the Party came from . |
| 4 | These periods of reflection and decision-making are important , but we must not let them get out of hand . |
| 5 | And now although her whole body cried out for fulfilment and she longed for Joss Barnet to complete what he had surely come to do , she knew that she must not let it happen . |
| 6 | ‘ I should just let them get on with it , ’ said Ellen lightly , ‘ so long as they do n't start sacrificing goats . |
| 7 | The argument about rhythm should not make us forget the very important difference in English between strong and weak syllables ; some languages do not have such a noticeable difference ( which may , perhaps , explain the subjective impression of ‘ syllable-timing ’ ) , and for native speakers of such languages learning English it can be helpful to practise repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak . |
| 8 | Everyone should demand if the security guards are not functioning their duty we should not let them go by so |
| 9 | I should not let them linger , wasting time , wasting money , until the spring brings them fresh hope . |
| 10 | You must also let them know when the work is complete . |
| 11 | And if you ask , they must also let you know where they got your name . |
| 12 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 13 | We must now make it happen . |
| 14 | Sadly , the bundled documentation that should really help you make the most of Version 3.4 is a bit of a disaster . |
| 15 | Nick said , ‘ You must n't let yourself get so involved with him . |
| 16 | You must n't let her know this has happened . |
| 17 | " You must n't let her spend too much on me . " |
| 18 | ‘ You must n't let them take advantage of you , ’ he said . |
| 19 | She must n't let him take the rise out of her like that . |
| 20 | But she could n't , must n't let him kiss her again . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 22 | Darling , you must n't let him sap your confidence . |
| 23 | But because we must n't let anyone know he 's here , there are a few precautions we must take . |
| 24 | And some you can only laugh at — only you must n't let 'em see it , of course . |
| 25 | ‘ We must n't let it happen to us , however we feel . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Still , you must n't let it get you down . ’ |
| 27 | This light-hearted banter was amusing , but she must n't let it get out of hand . |
| 28 | But I must n't let you run away with the impression that I spent all my time lounging around the pool . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , you must n't let anything spoil that , ’ Eleanor said . |
| 30 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |