Example sentences of "will n't [verb] us [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mummy wo n't let us talk about sausages — ‘ cept when we have them , ’ said Chris . |
| 2 | ‘ The theatre have told me not to come back , and Mrs Seager wo n't let us stay on . ’ |
| 3 | And Olson wo n't let us squirm off the hook — for him the anti-Jewishness is symptom , not cause : |
| 4 | ‘ He wo n't let us watch Neighbours or Home and Away and will always say he wants to watch the other side , no matter what it is . ’ |
| 5 | The fans wo n't let us go about things any other way . |
| 6 | Our Dad 's here too , and he wo n't let us go on anything dangerous . |
| 7 | He wo n't let us borrow that ! |
| 8 | The shoes would have been secondhand so there 's a chance they wo n't let us have them . |
| 9 | Yeah , but , but our dep our , our department our fat slob wo n't allow it wo n't let us have any overtime |
| 10 | But the Government wo n't let us get on with our work . ’ |
| 11 | The equivalent of our restrained glee over this little triumph is an organisation whose policy is : we will use people of any age … but those bastards at the insurance company wo n't let us use anyone over 70 . |
| 12 | ‘ Mother wo n't let us come here alone , and being with you is almost as good as being by ourselves ! ’ |