Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't heard them mention it , ’ said Dagmar in a level voice . |
| 2 | I 've been working on it for most of the week , so do n't make me mess it up . |
| 3 | you can only encourage them you ca n't make them do it . |
| 4 | ‘ He ca n't make you do it , you know . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Eileen says her whiskey cake is better , but I have n't let her prove it yet . ’ |
| 6 | Eva had n't let him see it before ; she just bought it quickly when we sold the house in Beckenham and had to get out . |
| 7 | MI5 has n't let you know it . |
| 8 | ( 217b ) * I don't/did n't let him do it , but he does/did it . |
| 9 | He must have ridden through the crowd but I did n't see him do it . |
| 10 | Men wearing white gloves moved it , but you could n't see them do it as the bodies were out of shot . ’ |
| 11 | I ca n't see you do it this year . |
| 12 | Did n't see you put it there . |
| 13 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
| 14 | But they wo n't let me do it at work . |
| 15 | No cos he do n't let me watch it ! |
| 16 | Keith come back here and say have you bought out a video and I 'll say oh no I could n't , Carol would n't let me bring it , they oh no hen pecked , ooh , ooh |
| 17 | They would n't let me plug it by myself . ’ |
| 18 | She wo n't let me get it . |
| 19 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |
| 20 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
| 21 | She wo n't let me have it like . |
| 22 | and said he wanted an M O T on it , so his dad offered but he scrubbed his did , he would n't let him do it |
| 23 | The service history ended abruptly at 50,000 miles , and because Darren had no insurance the seller understandably would n't let him drive it . |
| 24 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose you ca n't let him have it back when the fingerprinting 's been done ? ’ |
| 26 | She would n't let him have it . |
| 27 | So if you 're on full energy and have a potion of healing while your buddy 's damn-near dead , it 's tough — you ca n't let him swig it ! |
| 28 | Philip did n't let him touch it . |
| 29 | Do n't let them do it , boys , he 'd said to them . |
| 30 | And so if you swam up to somebody who was in difficulty , and you approach them from the front their automatic reaction is to throw their arms around you , do n't let them do it ! |