Example sentences of "[not/n't] let them [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The male does not let them drop far — he catches them as they literally shoot out of the female . |
2 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
3 | We can not let them get too far ahead as it will become too great a gap to close even if they did happen to fall over their showlaces again . |
4 | When you tip the seed from the packet it is hard to believe that from almost every one a plant will arise , so do not let them fall too thickly into the soil . |
5 | ‘ We ca n't let them go without doing something , ’ I said , thinking of poor Josef . |
6 | ‘ I would n't let them go home , ’ Gareth said . |
7 | Do n't let them hide any longer behind that misleading label ‘ joy rider ’ . |
8 | I know you were only a junior minister , but one hears about things when one 's down the line , that he was very presidential , that he would n't let them talk much and was very stiff and frozen . |
9 | I do n't know whether it is just the advance of modern technology within the family , or whether it is because the type of material the fire is built with nowadays would n't let them taste quite so good . |
10 | I mean , you ca n't let them come here and think they can walk all over you , because then next time they come they 'll get a bit cocky and think they can do what they want . |
11 | ‘ You wo n't let them come here , will you ? ’ |
12 | And he wo n't let them come here . |
13 | ‘ We ca n't let them get away with that , ’ said Mrs Mott eyeing Harry Dodson 's looped festoons of smilax , positively growing before her eyes . |
14 | If not , speak out — do n't let them get away without doing their share . |
15 | ‘ I 'm hardened to the noise that D and Baby make at home , but I do n't let them get away with it while I 'm around . ’ |
16 | ‘ Well , I should n't let them get away with it like that , all the same . ’ |
17 | Do n't let them get away with being patronising , because that 's probably the attitude they 'll take up . ’ |