Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pers pn] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must , for had n't she let him make love to her after just a handful of meetings , when they hardly knew each other ? |
| 2 | Another said mournfully , ‘ Do n't you let them impose on you , dear . |
| 3 | He did so much for me , Ellie , wo n't you let me do just a small bit for you ? |
| 4 | Why wo n't you let me do that ? |
| 5 | Why wo n't you let me do it ? |
| 6 | The point is that tonight — Magnapop 's UK debut — is peppered with punky teenage licks and festering grungy rumbles , yet just as one expects lyrics concerning death , drinking and corporate rock shagging , Linda hops , hiccups and beams , ‘ Wo n't you let me walk you home from school ? /Can I meet you at the pool ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why wo n't you let me give up ? ’ |
| 8 | Wo n't you let me give you some money -just to tide you over ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why wo n't you let me go ? ’ |
| 10 | Why do n't you let me go now , before the situation gets even worse ? ’ |
| 11 | So why did n't you let me go |
| 12 | ‘ But why do n't you let me cook it ? |
| 13 | Wo n't you let me help ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Look , why do n't you let me demonstrate — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Going off to London today , are you , miss , and on your own too , wo n't you let me come with you ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Please , Ace , wo n't you let me come in ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did n't you let me know he was ill ? |
| 18 | As their hired limousine purred back to Heathrow airport , Buzz asked , ‘ Why did n't you let me know she was ill ? |
| 19 | ‘ It 's lovely to see you , Daddy , but why did n't you let me know earlier ? |
| 20 | " Why did n't you let me know before ? " |
| 21 | Why did n't you let me know you were coming ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why do n't you let me take you out , Kate ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't you let me take over the accounts ? ’ |
| 24 | Obviously eager to show how indispensable he himself was , James offered : ‘ Why do n't you let me deal with this , Stephen ? |
| 25 | So why did n't you let me have that one then ? |
| 26 | one thing and another and I said oh I do n't know , and there are Sunday and said look about taking Matthew , why do n't you let him go and I said well it 's a , it 's a long time , you know for |
| 27 | Do n't you let him take it . |
| 28 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 29 | Do n't you let her know what you 're up to , mind . |
| 30 | ‘ For God 's sake , Peter , ’ she said with a small and surprising explosion of irritation , ‘ why do n't you let yourself go for once ? ’ |