Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [not/n't] let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alejandro would n't let me stick and ball for a week . |
| 2 | In Switzerland the gynaecologist would not let you put on too much weight because he was concerned that you 'd end up looking like an old cow and |
| 3 | ‘ You know Daddy would n't let them do that . ’ |
| 4 | She brought Emel , but her husband would n't let her bring the boys . |
| 5 | ‘ Rosie did n't have any money and the man who supplies the stuff would n't let her have any more . |
| 6 | All over the Western world there were liberation movements and alternative life-styles — there had never been a kids ' crusade like it — and Hairy Back would n't let her stay out after eleven . |
| 7 | Bloody fool that I am , my pride would n't let me accept other consolation , even when offered , neither before the divorce , nor since . ’ |
| 8 | But pride would n't let her do that — pride insisted she at least made an effort . |
| 9 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
| 10 | His other would n't let him have the car . |
| 11 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | Your father would n't let me go to her when she was dying , but he could n't come between us . |
| 14 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |
| 15 | Mamba would n't let it go . |
| 16 | Photography would n't let him go , however , and after serving out his apprenticeship with various studios he went freelance , working to commission and supplying picture libraries with travel shots . |
| 17 | Photography would n't let him go , however , and after serving out his apprenticeship with various studios he went freelance , working to commission and supplying picture libraries with travel shots . |
| 18 | Cos my Mum would n't let me call her . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I knew the master would not let her leave the safety of the Grange to go so far , especially as the road to the hills passed close to Wuthering Heights . |
| 21 | She longed to get home , to question her mother , but her brain would not let her hang on to these indulgences . |
| 22 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 23 | ‘ She always wanted a dog but Mum — Mother would n't let her have one . |
| 24 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 25 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 26 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
| 27 | No I did n't , my mother would n't let me have them but a lot of people have worn them . |
| 28 | ‘ His mother would n't let him leave , ’ said Beuno . |
| 29 | Well , at that time my best pal went to the pit , his mother would n't let him enter in th for scholarship , but he did happen to come here for , Well , he seemed to always get a day 's day release from the year dot , I think , and er eventually he got some A levels . |
| 30 | 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 . |