Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] to let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 2 | They could not afford to let it fall apart . |
| 3 | He took her with him on his visit because he could n't bear to let her disappear without finding out more about her . |
| 4 | His arms tightened round her as though he could n't bear to let her go and he kissed her again , hungrily . |
| 5 | ‘ You know better than most , Naylor , that there were some nights when I could n't bear to let him go home at all ! ’ |
| 6 | I could n't bear to let you see me so upset . |
| 7 | She was firing again ; she could n't afford to let them get closer , she would n't be able to bear it . |
| 8 | Yes , I , I was in er , I 'm not sure , I , I think I was in the top class in the junior school and er , without boasting , I was a good scholar and I eventually passed to go to the Q M and me dad could n't afford to let me go . |
| 9 | They knew that if you made schools and universities permanent structures , tooled beautifully in stone and designed in a timeless way to permit the flowering of reflective thought and ancient customs , that society would become attached to them and would n't want to let them go when the cutbacks came . |
| 10 | She had been neglected and he ached because of it , but it would n't do to let her know that . |
| 11 | It would n't do to let him see her relief and gratitude . |
| 12 | ‘ We ca n't afford to let them know that , because now they 've changed the rules . |
| 13 | It 's a sophisticated kind of machine and , like a machine , you ca n't afford to let it get rusty or it 'll seize up . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You wo n't forget to let me have that note about Artemis Kostika , will you ? ’ |