Example sentences of "let [pron] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gods , let them be safe ! |
| 2 | Please gods let them be safe ! ’ |
| 3 | Let them be aware that their ‘ divine ’ guidance can no longer control the minds of free-thinking youth . |
| 4 | ‘ Let me be sure I understand , ’ she said softly . |
| 5 | Let me be explicit . |
| 6 | Let me be specific . |
| 7 | Let me be personal here , for coming to grips with this has been an important milestone in my own life as a Christian . |
| 8 | Let me be strong . |
| 9 | Let me be clear about the reason . |
| 10 | ‘ Not at the start , Doctor , let me be clear on that point . |
| 11 | Let me be bold . |
| 12 | Let me not be prim , she thought , let me be sensible , a woman of the world , let me not be unfair . |
| 13 | Iain Vallance , chairman of British Telecom , quipped that the attitude of some of Europe 's PTTs toward competition is like that of St Augustine toward chastity : ‘ O Lord , let me be chaste , but not yet ! ’ |
| 14 | God , when it 's my turn , please let me be brave , too … |
| 15 | Let me be desolate and hidden from men 's eyes … ’ |
| 16 | And , well , let me be brutal , I have a new wunderkind . ’ |
| 17 | Please let me be dead . |
| 18 | Oh Mother , let me be happy ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Let me be frank with you , Cameron . ’ |
| 20 | Let me be able to wash and dress myself to the last . |
| 21 | ‘ I ca n't stand possessive man , ’ she said suddenly , ‘ men who wo n't let go of me , let me be myself , let me be free . |
| 22 | Clare stretched out one regal hand across the whitening wasteland. ‘ 'Yea , and let there be also a shady spot , with trees ; and let there be small yellow flowers , with crimson centres . |
| 23 | Let there be grassy slopes with swings on , and litter bins clearly labelled . ’ ’ |
| 24 | But the most important thing Wesley told Rose Fox was , ‘ Let there be constant movement in thy church . ’ |
| 25 | LIGHTING Let there be light |
| 26 | Some translators of the Bible have gone so far as to postpone the main verb until the divine fiat : And God said , Let there be light . |
| 27 | And God said , Let there be light : and there was light . |
| 28 | And God said , ‘ Let there be light , ’ and there was light . |
| 29 | When he says ‘ Let there be light ’ , light ensues . |
| 30 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |