Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we have come out to catch that prisoner , and the Devil himself will not make me turn back . ’ |
| 2 | The work will take around 15 months to complete , but the Vicar says they 're trying not to let it disrupt life at the Abbey . |
| 3 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
| 4 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 5 | But the way to defeat the bigots is to not let them create hate inside you . |
| 6 | The idea of turning my back on him does n't make me feel safe . ’ |
| 7 | At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . |
| 8 | Until finally , about lunchtime she achieved a state of resignation : you could n't make someone love you if they did n't , and you could n't make them accept love from you if they did n't want it . |
| 9 | Virgil , Virgil , what are you doing driving a vehicle , I did n't know you could drive , have n't seen me drive motherfucker , get her in here and fuck her shit |
| 10 | ‘ My parents would n't let me leave school , so I got a daily paper-round and weekend work at the local timber yard . |
| 11 | In answer to Sophie 's question , she said , ‘ Ian says that when we 're married he wo n't let me treat farm animals . ’ |
| 12 | And an answer has come up , with no , because they would n't let me do biology , you see . |
| 13 | Oh do n't let me finish dad , you know ! |
| 14 | ‘ I mean resign because you wo n't let me teach biology because I do n't believe in God . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But if you wo n't let me see unsecret information , I can distort that too . ’ |
| 16 | And er , last time I I get in touch , me mum told me , turned round and says to me , I do n't want any more mum , I says why , he says , oh she wo n't let me have pillow and then I then I think if summat else brought to light , I kill her |
| 17 | ‘ And a lot saner than those chits of girls at the museum who wo n't let me have Father 's property back . |
| 18 | Do n't let them pull wool over your eyes . |
| 19 | she said I ca n't let them do playdo I ca n't let them do painting she 's just got nowhere to let them do anything . |
| 20 | she said I ca n't let them do playdo I ca n't let them do painting she 's just got nowhere to let them do anything . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't let them get hold of her , Rachaela . |
| 22 | ‘ You must n't let them take advantage of you , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Take advantage of the technology ; do n't let it take advantage of us . |
| 24 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 25 | I ca n't , you ca n't , cos they wo n't let you take time off in lieu unless if it involves them having to employ somebody else to cover |
| 26 | Locus offers PC XSight , which is X terminal software for PCs running DOS — but it does n't let you run DOS programs at the same time . |
| 27 | Myth no. 4 : exercise increases the appetite , so it ca n't help me lose weight Actually , the very opposite is true . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ Being blind and deaf does n't help you find work . ’ |