Example sentences of "not let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 2 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 3 | She finally turned to face him , determined to smile and not let him know what she 'd heard . |
| 4 | it sort of er er gave them lee a , ladies leeway who wanted to work after they were married , some married and then could they come back well they could n't keep me on and not let them work you see , so oh yes it was mostly married women , there were a lot of married women there when I left , but erm it sort of set a precedent I suppose for , for them but it did , it did them some good really . |
| 5 | I find it really funny , these people playing things backwards , you just want to say your mind has n't got the capacity to pick out this message as it goes by , turn it around , interpret it and still not let you know what you 've just heard ! ’ |
| 6 | I find it really funny , these people playing things backwards , you just want to say your mind has n't got the capacity to pick out this message as it goes by , turn it around , interpret it and still not let you know what you 've just heard ! ’ |
| 7 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 8 | Apparently everyone was hoping that he would n't come back here , because his people moved out after he went to prison , and asked Mrs McD not to let him know their address . ’ |
| 9 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 10 | She was determined not to let him know he still had the power to make her feel anything at all . |
| 11 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 12 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
| 13 | ‘ We are determined not to let them ruin our motorcycling . ’ |
| 14 | I have tried , without , I hope , ignoring economic and social factors , not to let them obliterate what is after all the key to any historical situation — the men who thought or acted in this way or that . ’ |
| 15 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 16 | Although she dislikes her father 's will — not to let her choose her own husband — she has no intention of rebelling against it . |
| 17 | They were hidden away , and people tried not to let anyone see them . |
| 18 | He had shared a bed in the mean inns along the way and preferred not to let anyone know he was a woman . |
| 19 | It 's naughty of your mother not to let you have them |
| 20 | Y'know kind of kind of comments or playful thoughts you might pass about somebody but you you try not to do it seriously as it were , you try not to let it affect your behaviour towards them , you try to not be surprised if they disclose they 're gay or heterosexual or whatever so er |
| 21 | ‘ Mind you , I try not to let it cramp my style unduly . |
| 22 | She tried not to let it unnerve her . |
| 23 | ‘ As long as it 's later , ’ he remarked with cheerful optimism , ‘ I 'll try not to let it worry me . ’ |
| 24 | Not letting her see me of course . |
| 25 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 26 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't care , I am not letting him have my car . ’ |
| 28 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 29 | ‘ I am not letting anyone have my car , ’ I said . |
| 30 | If you 've got to act , you 've got to act , there 's no sense about it , it 's a question of something inside you compelling you , not letting you do anything else — the stage is your life , you do n't care about pay or conditions or — ’ I dried up . |