Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] let [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 And perhaps , she decided , being realistic , as long as she did not let things go too far it would do her no harm to stop trying to resist them and simply go with the flow of her feelings for a while .
2 Scott asked Oates to look after the ponies , but he did not let Oates buy them .
3 Strongly independent all his life , John Granger did n't let blindness change his lifestyle , and although now in his nineties has only just moved into a sheltered flat in Oxford .
4 At one time I did n't let emotions sway me but now I tend to cry easily .
5 He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes .
6 He did n't he also did n't let people know what he was doing as well .
7 ‘ There was , ’ said Timothy West , a ‘ dark quality about him that he did n't let people see very much of .
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