Example sentences of "would [not/n't] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 2 | I would not let them suffer from my selfish desire to have my own life . |
| 3 | Two crews that would have been especially grateful for this kind of compensation were Dennis Arlett and Patricial Lagesse whose accumulated woes would not let them pass Gao while , even more heart-rending was the final submission of the chassis previously held together by Jean-Christophe Savzey and Claire de Valbray — an agonizing 50km from the finish . |
| 4 | She would not let them have the Grimoire . |
| 5 | They say this would leave them vulnerable to attack , because the UN would not let them receive arms and ammunition through the corridor . |
| 6 | She would not let him matter . |
| 7 | Cameron would not let him go . |
| 8 | Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona . |
| 9 | She would not let him go . |
| 10 | The father , thinking it was some foolish notion she had taken to have him out of the boat , took no notice of her frantic signs , but she would not let him go , and dragged him with almost superhuman effort out of the boat . |
| 11 | PACKIE BONNER is angry that Glasgow Celtic boss Liam Brady would not let him go on loan to Premier Division club Middlesbrough . |
| 12 | Gilbert ceased struggling , realising that Cardiff would not let him go until he knew more . |
| 13 | It was hard to leave , too , because the parents of my good friend Henry Clerval would not let him go to university with me . |
| 14 | One of his targets was former Pool midfieldman Don Hutchison , but Liverpool would not let him go . |
| 15 | His colleagues , and his boss , President Raul Alfonsin , would not let him succeed . |
| 16 | They would not let him pass . |
| 17 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 18 | I would not let him eat anything canned or frozen , I spoilt him to pieces . |
| 19 | She would not let him get under her skin . |
| 20 | Boo does not conform to the community 's code because when he got into trouble at the age of 18 , his father , a very strict Baptist , undertook to punish his son himself , rather than let the law do it and for the rest of his life until he died , he kept his son away from the outside world and would not let him mix with the neighbours . |
| 21 | She would not let him confuse her with his lies . |
| 22 | She would not let him trample over her ! |
| 23 | She would not let him defeat her . |
| 24 | She would not let him see how much it hurt . |
| 25 | She could feel tears stinging the back of her eyes , but she would not let him see how vulnerable she was . |
| 26 | She would not let him see how much he had offended her . |
| 27 | A sob she would not let him hear racked her from head to foot . |
| 28 | On these , on the Leventhorpes and Rempstons and Erpynghams , he could lean when he would , and they would not let him fall . |
| 29 | To Alex Harbury 's chagrin Riley would not let him work on the prison release dates story and sent him to interview a Girlie winner . |
| 30 | And there was another thought , too , that would not let her go . |