Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 2 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 3 | ‘ If you 'd just let me finish before diving in to protect your honour you might find it was n't actually endangered , ’ Luke retorted with dangerous mildness . |
| 4 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
| 5 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 6 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 7 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
| 8 | He would just make me go and wipe it all off . |
| 9 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 12 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 14 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 15 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 18 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
| 19 | And mourned me , and would not help me get up . |
| 20 | I thought he would always make me suffer , whatever happened . |
| 21 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |
| 22 | He would n't make me have my birthday party in the rumpus-room with the girls . |
| 23 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
| 24 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They would n't let me do anything , ’ Nails said aggressively , and with a fair amount of truth . |
| 26 | And an answer has come up , with no , because they would n't let me do biology , you see . |
| 27 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
| 28 | 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 ! |
| 29 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 30 | He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop . |