Example sentences of "not let him " in BNC.

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1 I would not let him eat anything canned or frozen , I spoilt him to pieces .
2 Cameron would not let him go .
3 Now they could not let him slip away .
4 He 'd better not let him loose . ’
5 Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again .
6 She would not let him confuse her with his lies .
7 And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth .
8 The other two held their breath , waiting for the inevitable squeak , but the sensitive fingers did not let him down .
9 Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona .
10 She would not let him go .
11 This man was trying to retreat , but Fedorov would not let him .
12 The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat .
13 He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained .
14 Brian felt that sleep need not have been too much of a problem : he could go to sleep , but the staff would not let him .
15 ‘ Do not let him hear you do that , ’ Paul said to her .
16 Pictures of him have been circulated to staff at Shorefield Country Park , near Lymington , Hants , with the warning : Do not let him compete .
17 PACKIE BONNER is angry that Glasgow Celtic boss Liam Brady would not let him go on loan to Premier Division club Middlesbrough .
18 She declared : ‘ We will not let him sit there for seven years .
19 That lavish endowment of talent , which had been blotted up in sport and intense boyish preoccupations , was now called up in all its force and it did not let him down .
20 The system would not let him down again .
21 His character would not let him .
22 The assassins were shot , and Clara wrenched herself away , and the man murmured to her desperately , " Laschemi fare , laschemi fare , " and Clara equally stricken , could not let him , and the credits came up , and the lights came up , and he let her go , and she straightened her coat and pulled her skirt tightly down over her knees , and that was that .
23 He wanted to go on crusade at once , but his father would not let him .
24 But all the other animals had grown so suspicious of El-ahrairah and his tricks that they would not let him out of that wretched country and every day Prince Rainbow used to come walking through the marshes to make sure that El-ahrairah was still there .
25 One was new and had come instead of his uncle who was ill , but the guards would not let him in because they did not know him by sight and they nearly threw him into the ditch before they would even let him go home .
26 It did not let him down .
27 We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed .
28 They would not let him pass .
29 I could not let him down , could I ?
30 He tried to put his arm round me , but I would not let him .
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