Example sentences of "let us have the " in BNC.

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1 The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music .
2 ‘ Here , lad , let us have the file . ’
3 Let us have the matter done with ! ’
4 Just let us have the money and the staff we need .
5 To be more explicit , it is simplest to take the particular formulation of the independent conditional just suggested , and anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , in place of If R and C , even given any X consistent with R and C and W , then still W. That is , let us have this : Given the world as it is , or given any changes in it logically consistent with R and & and W , then if R and & then W. From these two things it follows-as from if A , then if B then C , and A , it follows that if B then C — that if R and C , then W. From this in turn , together with C , there follows the dependent conditional if R then W. To repeat , let us have the statement ( Y ) describing the actual events and conditions accompanying r and & in the world as it is , and the disjunctive statement ( K ) to the effect that the world is in one way or another otherwise , logically consistent with R and C , and W. Then our premisses and conclusion are as follows .
6 Open an account somewhere in a false name and let us have the account number .
7 Let bourgeois philosophy be cudgelled and smashed by the Revolution " , when he uncompromisingly asserted : " Let us have the courage to be crude : let the spirit of subtlety be swept down the sewer …
8 If that is not true , let us have the review .
9 Let us have the assurance first .
10 Let me say this to Labour Members : if for one moment they feel uneasy about the document , let us have the alternative that they have tabled ; let us know where we stand .
11 In a satire of 1710 , Charles Davenant had his character of a Court Whig say to a country squire : " Let us eat out all your Lands and Tenements with Taxes of our devising ; let us have the sole Management of a long protracted War , and gather our wonted Fruits from it " .
12 The fact that our captors were confident and considerate enough to let us have the radio was almost as encouraging as the news we could at last listen to after two years of silence .
13 I felt there was public benefit from offering this type of information by radio and I have asked Media Action to let us have the enquirers ' addresses so that we can get a geographical appreciation of where the calls came from ( one or two came from Fife )
14 ‘ Thanks for letting us have the keys . ’
15 The warden there , Sue Smith , lets us have the hall free for the event .
16 Then he might let us have the loft ! ’
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