Example sentences of "[vb pp] to let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had merely telephoned to let him know that she would be handing over to a girl called Kate . |
| 2 | INPUT/OUTPUT BOARDS : Boards designed to let you input information into the computer and get information out again — usually via the keyboard or mouse — onto the screen . |
| 3 | Maximum fun all the way , a large part of which is our rightly famous programme of Days and Nights , designed to let you see the very best of whatever 's on offer wherever you are . |
| 4 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 5 | Now , are you prepared to let me look at your research programme or not ? ’ |
| 6 | But the site prepared to let me work , to carry on then as s they ma and I would n't claim my pension until I 'd finished . |
| 7 | She was unsure now why she had decided to let him go on believing that , and she felt torn by a sudden desire to tell him the truth . |
| 8 | Our situation is pressing and my father has therefore decided to let me go alone . |
| 9 | He was n't particularly happy with the idea , but kindly decided to let me try after an RSPCA inspector had seen the condition of the dog , and had judged how much she weighed , so we could give the correct dosage . |
| 10 | " Hari , I 've decided to let you go home . |
| 11 | We talked it over and I 've decided to let you 'ave five pounds . |
| 12 | ‘ Clive tells me he 's had to let you go . ’ |
| 13 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 14 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 15 | Mrs Chafer , who has been divorced since the late Seventies , said the prince came to Pammy Jane 's rescue after the divorce and personally offered to let her use one of his tied cottages . |
| 16 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , Blanche , you 've got to let me go . |
| 18 | With the older boys there are times when leave them alone is the very best policy , you can intrude too much on a pupil who knows what he 's doing ; maybe not doing it 100 per cent successfully , but you 've got to let him get to that point of destruct , as part of his learning process … |
| 19 | And I think we have got to let them compete competitively with the private sector , we 've got to push them further out . |
| 20 | The Council wants to make out that you 've got to let them have the first option |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm encouraging people to diversity , so I 've got to let them know what the pitfalls are . ’ |
| 22 | We 've still got to let them believe they 're a bit macho . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 've got to let you go . ’ |
| 24 | Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt . |
| 25 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 26 | But what we 've done now they 've agreed to let me pay and I pay cost price for the drinks . |
| 27 | And her father , no slouch on the Nordic circuit himself , has agreed to let her take five years out of education to become a champion . |
| 28 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 29 | Surely he 's agreed to let you buy it back ? ’ |
| 30 | Suddenly her daughter telephoned me and said , ‘ My mother asked if you could come as she has agreed to let you have those two things you wanted . |