Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] me [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must let me do that or I ca n't think of rejoining you . ’ |
| 2 | You must let me handle this , ’ he said quietly . |
| 3 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 4 | So you 'll let me have that information ? |
| 5 | Well there is , a Co-op bank but I do n't think they 'll let me have some money out of it . |
| 6 | ‘ Dorothy , I do n't know quite how to put this , but is there something you 're not telling me that might help me understand this a bit better . |
| 7 | If you could let me have these in writing it would make life easier |
| 8 | I 'd be grateful if you could let me have this cheque as soon as possible . |
| 9 | When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it |
| 10 | I wonder if she 'd let me have some more straw and hay |
| 11 | ‘ He was incredibly good company ; he used to make me laugh all the time . |
| 12 | I should be grateful if you would let me have any amendments or omissions a.s.a.p . |
| 13 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 14 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 15 | He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels ! |
| 16 | A preliminary agenda is enclosed and perhaps , in your response , you will let me have any other items you wish to have included . |
| 17 | I want to go to university and this will help me achieve that goal . ’ |
| 18 | There are times these days when I feel so starved of warmth that the instructions on a painkiller packet or vitamin tub ( " At the first sign of a cold developing be sure to … " ) can make me go all husky and brave . |
| 19 | ‘ When I 've finished with Chan you can help me get that beast boring again , and then I 'll be making a whole load of calls . ’ |