Example sentences of "[not/n't] let [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EVEN AT five o'clock in the morning , in the flush of victory and vindication , John Major did not let himself go . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He did not let himself think how this man had killed Billy Egan , nor the ferocity he had shown . |
| 4 | Those teenagers left behind did not let their new skills go to waste . |
| 5 | Do not let their meanings slip by , only vaguely perceived in your reading . |
| 6 | Once attached , the cappers would not let their victims go until they handed their purses across . |
| 7 | Manager Peter Reid wanted him on trial but Ghent will not let their man leave on approval . |
| 8 | But , apart from a 10-minute period in the second half during which Dinamo appeared to toy with the Blues , Linfield did not let their heads drop . |
| 9 | My basic feeling is that while it is reasonable to ask that that a council , as a council , as a political grouping , may make the decisions about things , it is an absolute nonsense that many , many councils — some of them are worse than others — will not let their professionals speak out on their you know from using their own expertise , their own knowledge , their own experience , and quite often that that debate , the whole debate is gagged by the fact that you 're employees of the council . |
| 10 | She would not let one demanding letter fill her with guilt . |
| 11 | If , on the other hand , you do not let yourself pay attention to your symptoms , or worry about whether they are there or not , then it is less likely the vicious circle will be set up and so the symptoms will not get worse . |
| 12 | Do not tack too much in the early stages of the beat and do not let yourself be forced the wrong way . |
| 13 | ‘ Dear father , you should not let yourself be insulted like that ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do not let yourself be beguiled , effendi , ’ said another of the bearers . |
| 15 | But the Liberal leader did not let its transience spoil the effect . |
| 16 | Do not let me discommode you none , Miz Scarlett , I 'm sure ! |
| 17 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Do not let me persuade you against your will , now . |
| 20 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 21 | ‘ I have come , ’ I ventured to say , but the mother-in-law briskly discounted me as a person , and would not let me see the doctor . |
| 22 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 23 | ‘ Why do you not let me take my participation a stage further ? ’ |
| 24 | Why not let me poke around quietly ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 28 | Er Moderator you 'll probably not let me speak either |
| 29 | It was their own secret world , and they did not let me into it again . |
| 30 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Now I begin to know too well why all his hard trials of me and my black apprehensions would not let me hate him . |