Example sentences of "would let [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 and he had to find a girl who 'd let him do it to her .
2 She 'd let him stay on his own at any rate .
3 Stopped me and told me he 'd let him go to St Francis Xavier 's .
4 He 'd thought that it was a nickname , that it meant nothing special , and they 'd let him go on thinking that way until he 'd found out different .
5 I 'd let him leave it as soon as possible
6 She 'd be damned if she 'd let him think he could get away with that !
7 It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that !
8 He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool .
9 They 'd let him resign , just when they 'd been on the point of sacking him .
10 ‘ If Cameron were a dentist , ’ McAlpine told me , ‘ I 'm not sure I 'd let him touch my teeth .
11 It had all happened because Ace Barton had tried to play God in her life , and she 'd let him get away with it .
12 I said I 'd let him know the total number of , of contact days or whatever with Sherburn over the period so that is something I need to get from you Bill .
13 She 'd wanted him and she 'd let him know .
14 But she 'd let him have a slice of the cake she 'd brought in if he gave her and her friend fruit or ice cream — whatever he 'd bought .
15 I 'd let him have me .
16 If I were growing potatoes , like most sensible gardeners I 'd let them grow .
17 Joy-riders , I 'd let them go .
18 By June they 'd let them go !
19 They 'd let them sink down to the bottom and drift there with the long-haired weeds — ;
20 I did n't know though did I I thought you 'd let them cool !
21 It would have been better if we 'd let them live .
22 I 'd let them know what we were like in here behind our austere surnames and our net curtains .
23 You 'd let them hang till they 'd set yeah .
24 I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear .
25 Oh I 'd let them come , I 'd let them come whenever you can get them cos we 've got so many of them it 's
26 Oh I 'd let them come , I 'd let them come whenever you can get them cos we 've got so many of them it 's
27 Well all these people , we would always let them ha when we killed one we would share it out amongst the people who had given them , like er , I do n't say every time but occasionally we would do that and we 'd let them have a piece of pork you see , which we could legally do see .
28 ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people .
29 He said , contrite , ‘ I wish you 'd let me read your diary sometime . ’
30 Sometimes I 'd go in and she 'd let me give the baby his bottle . ’
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