Example sentences of "[subord] we let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Alcometer reading was negligible , so we let him go with a warning . ’ |
| 2 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 3 | We still have our two traditional enemies , but now a third looms an enemy in the Labour Party an enemy supporting the now ancient cry of the Tories and the Tory national press , for one man one vote replacing the vote in the trade unions a distancing of the Labour Party from the unions if we let them get away with this , it would mean none of the established political parties represent the interests of ordinary working people the people who I 've always represented , that 's what I think about , just them ! |
| 4 | They 're even prepared to come for free , if we let them mime the record . " |
| 5 | Do n't let us lost a year , if we let them use turmoil in the industry as an excuse for not meeting us , we will never sit round a table with them again . |
| 6 | Lots of chaps with pink coats will have nothing to do on winter mornings unless we let 'em come repossessin' with us . |
| 7 | Mm , mm , I think I 'd better check it before we let it go on . |
| 8 | We 'll teach you in complete confidence' ) , the Jazz Society ( 'There will be a small written examination before we let you know if you can join' ) and the French Society ( 'Amusez-vous bien et attrapez cirrhose du foie avec la Frenchsoc ! ' ) . |
| 9 | She liked us to keep to our promise , but quite understood if the children were ill , or something else cropped up , and we got behind — so long as we let her know immediately . |