Example sentences of "[vb mod] not let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | we should n't of , mum we should n't of , you should n't let me take cos I had erm |
2 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
3 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
4 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
5 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
6 | Dare not let me stir . |
7 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
8 | Would not let me stay here … |
9 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
10 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
11 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
12 | In fact a couple of nights later he took me to see Max Miller at Holborn Empire and would not let me pay for anything . |
13 | ‘ But my chief at Liverpool CID would not let me take part , because he was away on holiday himself at the time , and required me to stand in for him . |
14 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
15 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |
16 | In fact , the novelty of being offered information by Sniffy would n't let me miss it . |
17 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
18 | ‘ They would n't let me do anything , ’ Nails said aggressively , and with a fair amount of truth . |
19 | And an answer has come up , with no , because they would n't let me do biology , you see . |
20 | They would n't let me do a thing . |
21 | Watching the kestrel was a great experience , but life was still very frustrating for me because my mother understandably would n't let me wander very far afield , and I was n't going to see my first real live wild owl in Colchester Park ! |
22 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
23 | He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop . |
24 | She would n't let me pay for it . |
25 | 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 |
26 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
27 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
28 | And to think when Peggy was little Gran would n't let me switch on the tree lights until Christmas Eve . |
29 | Strangely enough , Ken Pitt would n't let me go with him , or his mother for that matter , to receive the award . |
30 | Thus the daughter of one mother who drank asked to go to live with her grandmother , in her well-ordered ‘ nice ’ home : ‘ but they would n't let me go . |