Example sentences of "let the [noun pl] [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Major said that Mr Mates 's decision to give fugitive millionaire Asil Nadir a watch inscribed , ‘ Do n't let the buggers get you down , ’ was ‘ not a hanging offence . ’ |
| 2 | The Prime Minister said Mr Mates had been ‘ unwise ’ to present runaway tycoon Asil Nadir , under investigation by the Serious Fraud Squad , with a watch inscribed ‘ Do n't let the buggers get you down . ’ |
| 3 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 4 | Most of all , I would worry if they sought Continued on Page 2 Continued from Page 1 to demonstrate their solidarity with a man in a spot of bother by giving him a present perhaps a watch inscribed ‘ do n't let the buggers get you down ’ after all , it appears to be a coded message that it 's time for an early and a swift departure . ’ |
| 5 | Why did you let the Men catch you again ? ’ |
| 6 | I 'll let the police know you 'd like to enter . ’ |
| 7 | OK , OK , I 'm coming , put the milkbottles out , powder her nose , do n't let the neighbours see you leave , Ted , ca n't trust them not to tell the welfare and get my money stopped , find Frieda 's windcheater and out they go . |
| 8 | Do n't let the bastards grind you down . |
| 9 | Do n't let the bastards grind you down . |
| 10 | Do n't let the ultra-sophisticates put you off the guided city tour . |