Example sentences of "not [verb] i [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
2 | Why not let me poke around quietly ? |
3 | Would not let me stay here … |
4 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
5 | And mourned me , and would not help me get up . |
6 | ‘ They ca n't make me go there . ’ |
7 | You ca n't make me go back with you . |
8 | He 's just a useless teacher and he does n't make me feel really confident . ’ |
9 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
10 | ‘ Do n't make me wait too long , that 's all . ’ |
11 | I do n't think I 'd I do n't know I do n't know what I 'd do . |
12 | I do n't do I 've not got time , I start reading and then it 's , it 's we 're doing something else |
13 | ‘ And you did n't hear me come in . ’ |
14 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
15 | Watching the kestrel was a great experience , but life was still very frustrating for me because my mother understandably would n't let me wander very far afield , and I was n't going to see my first real live wild owl in Colchester Park ! |
16 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
17 | They do n't let me do much yet . |
18 | Oh please do n't let me blush now ! she prayed . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | I was eating my tea that afternoon — they would n't let me go too — and I got called over to the Centre [ the prison officers ' operational centre within the prison ] . |
21 | But the Hinkle does n't let me get away with that kind of thing . |
22 | ‘ You 're the only one I want to help and you wo n't let me get near you except … except … |
23 | ‘ He wo n't let me get up or go out , or even sit in the armchair for a bit , ’ said Dolly . |
24 | ‘ You wo n't let me get off , ’ she countered . |
25 | The tight one will I 've never seen you in a tight dress though , you do n't let me see so I |
26 | ‘ She said she would n't let me come here . ’ |
27 | Well I ca n't help I do n't know when |