Example sentences of "would not let i [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 4 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |