Example sentences of "not let [pron] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when at last it drifts through the window and fluffs all round his feet and legs , even then he does not let himself be disturbed . |
| 2 | ‘ Dear father , you should not let yourself be insulted like that ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do not let yourself be beguiled , effendi , ’ said another of the bearers . |
| 4 | Do not tack too much in the early stages of the beat and do not let yourself be forced the wrong way . |
| 5 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 6 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
| 7 | Whether I pay or go free , whatever the cost , I will not let it be said I killed a decent man to keep him from accusing me . |
| 8 | She would not let herself be diverted ; she would go on exactly as she had planned . |