Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
2 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
3 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
4 | He strongly believes that if there is a chance someone 's suffering can be helped by an alternative method , then why not let them try it . |
5 | She quotes Hazlitt , Edwin : ‘ There is nothing good to be had in the country , or if there is , they will not let you have it . ’ |
6 | Bragança may well be on the 327 radial for the POR NDB 95 miles out , but this information will not help you find it . |
7 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
8 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
9 | ‘ He ca n't make you do it , you know . ’ |
10 | He must have ridden through the crowd but I did n't see him do it . |
11 | Men wearing white gloves moved it , but you could n't see them do it as the bodies were out of shot . ’ |
12 | I ca n't see you do it this year . |
13 | Did n't see you put it there . |
14 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
15 | But they wo n't let me do it at work . |
16 | No cos he do n't let me watch it ! |
17 | Keith come back here and say have you bought out a video and I 'll say oh no I could n't , Carol would n't let me bring it , they oh no hen pecked , ooh , ooh |
18 | They would n't let me plug it by myself . ’ |
19 | She wo n't let me get it . |
20 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |
21 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
22 | She wo n't let me have it like . |
23 | and said he wanted an M O T on it , so his dad offered but he scrubbed his did , he would n't let him do it |
24 | The service history ended abruptly at 50,000 miles , and because Darren had no insurance the seller understandably would n't let him drive it . |
25 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
26 | ‘ I suppose you ca n't let him have it back when the fingerprinting 's been done ? ’ |
27 | She would n't let him have it . |
28 | So if you 're on full energy and have a potion of healing while your buddy 's damn-near dead , it 's tough — you ca n't let him swig it ! |
29 | Philip did n't let him touch it . |
30 | Do n't let them do it , boys , he 'd said to them . |