Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] let them [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 2 | I was jealous and confused , so I let them twist me up — distort everything . |
| 3 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 4 | And if you do n't do that , once you let them go you 've had it , so it is very important . |
| 5 | If you let them lead you where they want to go , they lead back to this latent content and then you begin to recognize er the latent thoughts . |
| 6 | People appreciate what you do for them so much more if you let them do it occasionally . |
| 7 | Get a few ranters together and they give you broth if you let them save your soul . |
| 8 | According to Willis , ‘ when the lads arrive on the shopfloor , they need no telling ( from those already there ) to ‘ take it easy ’ , ‘ take no notice ’ or that ‘ they ’ ( the management ) always want more ; you 've had it if you let them get their way . ’ |
| 9 | It gives them an excuse for piling into Deptford , and it lets them target you for a national man-hunt . ’ |
| 10 | Even if he lets them do something . |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | It 's important as a hostess that you conduct a thorough search of your guests ' cars for malt whisky , smoked salmon and interesting cheeses before you let them undo their seat-belts . |
| 13 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |