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 .
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