Example sentences of "but [pron] let [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm standing behind her feeling nice and cold and angry , but I let her ask the questions so I can see how this game is played . |
| 2 | Not a very lady-like expression if you ask me , but I let it pass . |
| 3 | I did n't , but I let it — and her — go . |
| 4 | I suspect Bunny probably meant that he once knew a Swedish waitress , but I let it pass . |
| 5 | And then when they get bigger you give them more and more freedom to do just what they want to do and all you do is watch carefully and make sure they 're not doing anything obviously , outrageously daft but you let them find themselves and if there are problems they bring their problems to you and you sit down and you quietly talk about it , there 's not shouting , no I say you 've got to do this because I am your parent ! |
| 6 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 7 | But who let you in ? ’ |
| 8 | Not only that , but we let it choose which letters to show us ! |
| 9 | ‘ The decision worried us , of course , but we let it go . |
| 10 | but we let it run over and the sugar the hob and it , there 's , there 's a chunk out of it |
| 11 | Well we thought about one but it but we let it grow again because we just had n't the time . |
| 12 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 13 | But they let themselves be diverted to the Nile Delta and there holed up the Persians in the ‘ White Castle ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ But they let you walk in and take his place before they even knew that you never laugh at anything , even if it 's funny . ’ |