Example sentences of "mother [modal v] [not/n't] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd lived there partly because she could n't be bothered to move , partly because it was cheap , but mainly because her mother would n't let her go . |
| 2 | ‘ She always wanted a dog but Mum — Mother would n't let her have one . |
| 3 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 4 | Penny went shopping with Rowan , into one of those very expensive boutiques shops , yeah , and between them they bought this dress , and when they got it home , Rowan 's mother would n't let her have it because it was too revealing and so Penny was stuck with it and then her mother would n't let her have it either , but the shop would n't refund , it would only give them credit so she 's got all this money to spend in the shop . |
| 5 | I like his wolfhounds but my mother would n't let me feed them . ’ |
| 6 | No I did n't , my mother would n't let me have them but a lot of people have worn them . |
| 7 | ‘ His mother would n't let him leave , ’ said Beuno . |
| 8 | Well , at that time my best pal went to the pit , his mother would n't let him enter in th for scholarship , but he did happen to come here for , Well , he seemed to always get a day 's day release from the year dot , I think , and er eventually he got some A levels . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Mother wo n't let us come here alone , and being with you is almost as good as being by ourselves ! ’ |