Example sentences of "would [adv] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 2 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 3 | ‘ If you 'd just let me finish before diving in to protect your honour you might find it was n't actually endangered , ’ Luke retorted with dangerous mildness . |
| 4 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
| 5 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 6 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
| 7 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 8 | Meaning you know paper plates and what not and she said oh last time sister Joyce would even let me use the kitchen , I said you can use the kitchen , I just wondered erm , you know , so anyway |
| 9 | I know , Anne would never let me go . |
| 10 | ‘ Do you know she would never let me speak to you on the phone ? |
| 11 | Dennis would never let me forget what he had done for me , and come September I had nothing to look forward to except another year of slavery on Clive 's treadmill . |
| 12 | ‘ Michel would never let me meet him , ’ Andrée said . |
| 13 | I 'm saying no matter what my mum would never let me come for an hour , two hour . |
| 14 | She said I want an organ but mum would never let me have one . |
| 15 | He would never let me touch them , always cleaned them himself . |