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

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1 ‘ I do n't know all the answers , ’ Emily said fiercely , ‘ not yet but I will not let us sink , I will not . ’
2 Von Roon said : ‘ Our God of old lives still and will not let us perish in disgrace . ’
3 ‘ Mummy wo n't let us talk about sausages — ‘ cept when we have them , ’ said Chris .
4 ‘ The theatre have told me not to come back , and Mrs Seager wo n't let us stay on . ’
5 And Olson wo n't let us squirm off the hook — for him the anti-Jewishness is symptom , not cause :
6 ‘ He wo n't let us watch Neighbours or Home and Away and will always say he wants to watch the other side , no matter what it is . ’
7 The fans wo n't let us go about things any other way .
8 Our Dad 's here too , and he wo n't let us go on anything dangerous .
9 He wo n't let us borrow that !
10 The shoes would have been secondhand so there 's a chance they wo n't let us have them .
11 Yeah , but , but our dep our , our department our fat slob wo n't allow it wo n't let us have any overtime
12 But the Government wo n't let us get on with our work . ’
13 The equivalent of our restrained glee over this little triumph is an organisation whose policy is : we will use people of any age … but those bastards at the insurance company wo n't let us use anyone over 70 .
14 ‘ Mother wo n't let us come here alone , and being with you is almost as good as being by ourselves ! ’
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