Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [not/n't] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alejandro would n't let me stick and ball for a week . |
| 2 | ‘ My mummy wo n't let me play with her again , ’ said Lucile , a note of righteousness creeping into her terror . |
| 3 | A diary entry of the period reads , ‘ Daddy wo n't let me go out to play or listen to Children 's Hour or read stories . |
| 4 | Bloody fool that I am , my pride would n't let me accept other consolation , even when offered , neither before the divorce , nor since . ’ |
| 5 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 6 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 7 | Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ . |
| 8 | His desire to have me visit him is so strong that charity will not let me refuse . |
| 9 | ‘ The king will not let me go . ’ |
| 10 | Your father would n't let me go to her when she was dying , but he could n't come between us . |
| 11 | Cos my Mum would n't let me call her . |
| 12 | I got this job in the machine sh in one of the lock shops and er for a fellow , I worked for him and er after I 'd been working for him they wanted me to work for somebody else but this fellow would n't let me go . |
| 13 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
| 14 | No I did n't , my mother would n't let me have them but a lot of people have worn them . |
| 15 | 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 . |