Example sentences of "[pron] not to let " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 4 | She handed me Little Ben , advised me not to let Home Sister catch me leaving it so late , and took herself off . |
| 5 | ‘ It was through their trust that I was in this unique position to walk among them , and I felt I owed it to them not to let them down . ’ |
| 6 | " It is up to them not to let circumstances get the better of them . |
| 7 | Ian Lang warned them not to let young minds be stupefied by computer games and video nasties , and encouraged local authorities to prosecute parents whose children were regular truants . |
| 8 | ‘ I must ask you not to let it happen again . ’ |
| 9 | You 're welcome to search this place if that 's of interest to you , but please , I must beg you not to let the press get a whiff of my name . |
| 10 | She told herself not to let negative thoughts take over , but , night after night , her will-power dissolved into helplessness , and when at last she slept , her past life rose before her like a grotesque apparition . |
| 11 | Told him not to let his report run to more than it absolutely had to , and on no account to make a feature piece out of it . |
| 12 | Chapman , he said , had begged him not to let Buchan go , but at the same time made it clear that , because of his previous suspension for alleged financial irregularities at Leeds in 1919 , he preferred not to have anything to do with extra payments . |
| 13 | I thanked the baker and begged him not to let Granpa know what I was about , as I wanted to close the metsieh before he found out . |
| 14 | But he also warns her not to let these spiritual conversations degenerate into gossip — an obvious danger and one which could ruin the religious life . |
| 15 | Somewhere deep in Robbie 's rapidly fading consciousness a little warning voice admonished her not to let this happen , that it would only lead to heartache . |
| 16 | I actually felt guilty as I climbed into my Porsche , and then kicked myself hard , metaphorically , and told myself not to let a nasty-minded Police Inspector upset me . |
| 17 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |