Example sentences of "[vb mod] never let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should never let it flower at all . ’ |
| 2 | It was getting harder every minute she spent with him to pretend an indifference she did n't feel , but she must never let him know how much she loved him . |
| 3 | Whatever happened , she must never let him find out just how close to running she had really been . |
| 4 | And now they 'll never let me go . |
| 5 | But they 'll never let me leave . |
| 6 | You 'll never let me have a pet will you ? |
| 7 | They 'll never let me join their gang now . ’ |
| 8 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 9 | ‘ I was struck by two things — the refusal of battered victims to give in to despair , those who could not speak gave me a thumbs up , and the insistence of sorrowing parents and girlfriends that ‘ we 'll never let them win ’ , ’ he said . |
| 10 | If he 's in police custody as he may well be by now they 'll never let her see him , ’ Hugo said . |
| 11 | ‘ If they come visitin' — CO , Adjutant , QM , like — they 'll never let you get away with it . |
| 12 | He 'll never let you get away with anything in a ward even if he 's been pining with unrequited love for your aunt for God knows how many years . ’ |
| 13 | She had intended to say , ‘ Because I went through a promiscuous period after I left Sam , and it was a hateful , shameful , humiliating time , and I 'll never let it happen again . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Lachlan 'll never let us hear the end of it if he clears them all out and us not with him — and we 've a week 's good behaviour to work off ! ’ |
| 15 | But I 'll never let anyone do that again . |
| 16 | ‘ Your father 'll never let 'er wear 'em , ’ said Annie . |
| 17 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 18 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 19 | We had to go in there several times when I was little and mother was sick , and they 'd never let us stay together , so anything could have happened . ’ |
| 20 | Well me dad 'd never let us stand outside pubs or anywhere you know . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd never let you go short of anything , ’ he said , ‘ and if anybody hurt you , you know what I 'd do . ’ |
| 22 | They 'd never let you see him . ’ |
| 23 | The only climber I know who goes there regularly at times like this is that perverse little bugger Joe Brown , who is clearly captivated by the magic of the place , though he 'd never let you know as much in words . |
| 24 | Though she could never let him know it , he already possessed her heart ; if she were to give herself to him body and soul , at least the memories would be rich and ultimately fulfilling . |
| 25 | Fróthi ( perhaps fearing for his subjects ' security ) would never let them rest — and so one day they ground out an army to kill Fróthi and take his gold . |
| 26 | She would never let them guess how disappointed she was . |
| 27 | Mum would never let her watch it if she had n't done her letters . |
| 28 | Karen felt herself in turmoil , felt the horrible excitement of the car attack would never let her sleep . |
| 29 | Liking Julia as he did , admiring her stringent intelligence , her honesty , the unexpected humility that would never let her give advice unless she was asked for it , and her unfailing reasonableness , it had never occurred to him that he might be falling in love with her . |
| 30 | His mouth commanded hers again , as if he would never let her go , and his tongue was an exquisite torment . |