Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [adv] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | We were allowed in there once a day , although the guards would normally let us go again if we were desperate . |
2 | BANNED : George Lazenby says insurers would n't let him do his own Bond stunts |
3 | My brothers would n't let me worry about money — they 'd always see me all right . ’ |
4 | The fans wo n't let us go about things any other way . |
5 | ‘ My parents would n't let me leave school , so I got a daily paper-round and weekend work at the local timber yard . |
6 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
7 | On Sunday afternoons , because our parents would not let us go out unaccompanied in the evenings , we used to go to the local cinema , which was also the theatre . |
8 | You never believe that the gods will really let it burn you . |
9 | Sample these few lines from ‘ Destroy Protect And Survive ’ : ‘ We train young men to drop fire from above/Yet their commanding officers wo n't let them write ‘ f— ’ on the side of their aircraft/Because it 's obscene . ’ |
10 | Your pals will usually let you try out their new fast cars . |
11 | Two crews that would have been especially grateful for this kind of compensation were Dennis Arlett and Patricial Lagesse whose accumulated woes would not let them pass Gao while , even more heart-rending was the final submission of the chassis previously held together by Jean-Christophe Savzey and Claire de Valbray — an agonizing 50km from the finish . |
12 | No I no I do n't say that , cos what I always said is you can not do what your friends will never let you do . |
13 | Roy Hart 's main complaint is that he has to leave his car in a small car park and walk home because the Conservators wo n't let him take his car up to his house . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | And of course John and the two oldest children would n't let them go without taking their turn at the slide . |
16 | But the pensioners wo n't let him rest in peace . |
17 | and finding out what , what our er stomachs were like , whether the , the liquid in there is acidic , whether it 's an acid and do you know the girls were braver than the boys , the boys would n't let anyone do that to them . |
18 | BEVERLY Hills 90210 actress Shannen Doherty turned down a Pounds 60,000 offer to pose for Playboy because her bosses would n't let her strip . |