Example sentences of "[not/n't] let [pron] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 2 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
| 4 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
| 5 | He strongly believes that if there is a chance someone 's suffering can be helped by an alternative method , then why not let them try it . |
| 6 | She quotes Hazlitt , Edwin : ‘ There is nothing good to be had in the country , or if there is , they will not let you have it . ’ |
| 7 | I suppose I had n't let myself think it through — I mean , I was so happy when she said she loved me , I never stopped to think seriously about what I had to offer her . |
| 8 | ‘ Eileen says her whiskey cake is better , but I have n't let her prove it yet . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | MI5 has n't let you know it . |
| 11 | ( 217b ) * I don't/did n't let him do it , but he does/did it . |
| 12 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
| 13 | But they wo n't let me do it at work . |
| 14 | No cos he do n't let me watch it ! |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | They would n't let me plug it by myself . ’ |
| 17 | She wo n't let me get it . |
| 18 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | She wo n't let me have it like . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose you ca n't let him have it back when the fingerprinting 's been done ? ’ |
| 25 | She would n't let him have it . |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | Philip did n't let him touch it . |
| 28 | Do n't let them do it , boys , he 'd said to them . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | They think they can rule the world , well , to be fair , they probably could , only it 's as well if you do n't let them know it . |