Example sentences of "not let [pron] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that was left to her now was to not let him know just how much he had hurt her . |
| 2 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 3 | Perhaps the police would n't even let them do that , perhaps they would treat them like gypsies and move them on and on and not let them stop anywhere . |
| 4 | She dared not let it happen again . |
| 5 | ‘ Try not to let yourself get so intense about everything . |
| 6 | I think the important thing is not to let them go away thinking , you know , oh , why did I bother , there 's obviously no point in carrying on with it . |
| 7 | And therefore grumbling couples complain in cars on their way to Harley Street from the Home Counties and beg one another not to let them drink too much : therefore Esther and Alix meet and laugh on a street corner a few hundred yards away : therefore stepchildren muster and stepparents-in-law assemble : therefore Liz Headleand 's mother sits alone , ever alone untelephoned , distant , incomprehending , incomprehended , remote , mad , long mad , imprisoned , secret , silent , silenced , listening to the silence of her house . |
| 8 | She felt bubbly with fun , and had to try hard not to let it show too much . |
| 9 | In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again . |
| 10 | ‘ I must ask you not to let it happen again . ’ |
| 11 | Though she would take jolly good care not to let it happen again . |
| 12 | He was not letting them get away with this easily . |
| 13 | You 're not letting us know anyway . |
| 14 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 15 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 16 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 17 | She declared : ‘ We will not let him sit there for seven years . |
| 18 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 19 | She could not let him get close to her . |
| 20 | Now they could not let him slip away . |
| 21 | They will not let him come home because the baby has no immunity . |
| 22 | The male does not let them drop far — he catches them as they literally shoot out of the female . |
| 23 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
| 24 | We can not let them get too far ahead as it will become too great a gap to close even if they did happen to fall over their showlaces again . |
| 25 | When you tip the seed from the packet it is hard to believe that from almost every one a plant will arise , so do not let them fall too thickly into the soil . |
| 26 | Ernest and Rosie tried to make a start on the repairs , but by then she had discovered that she was pregnant , and Ernest would not let her do any work that might involve strenuous effort . |
| 27 | If you feel this way do not let it go very long without confessing it . |
| 28 | You can not pretend to people who , like you , have been pretending for as long as they can remember : they do not let you get away with it . |
| 29 | Mr Kirkland said : ‘ If this were so the Safety Authority would not let us go ahead and build the tunnel . |