Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 3 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 4 | Dare not let me stir . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 7 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 9 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 10 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 11 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 12 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 13 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
| 14 | And mourned me , and would not help me get up . |
| 15 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
| 16 | But we have come out to catch that prisoner , and the Devil himself will not make me turn back . ’ |
| 17 | His desire to have me visit him is so strong that charity will not let me refuse . |
| 18 | ‘ The king will not let me go . ’ |
| 19 | I really can not find fault with this book except to say that even splendid photography can not make me love all of Piffetti 's furniture . |
| 20 | I have been reassured on countless occasions that a hypnotist can not make me do anything against my will . |
| 21 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |