Example sentences of "[noun] let me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You go to daddy for a minute let me get this erm these spuds on . |
| 32 | If there is a danger that we have fallen into the trap of vocationalising education let me emphasise that we must actively encourage the development of intellectual curiosity and imagination by exploration in fields , however theoretically abstract — in science , maths , humanities , the arts or any sphere that captures students ' interests ; education has suffered as much from failure to excite interest in the world of ideas as failure to prepare for practicalities of daily living . |
| 33 | let me use the Tippex. let me use the Tippex . |
| 34 | ‘ But dinna let me persuade you with a lot of sentimental drivel . ’ |
| 35 | I am convinced that only my genuinely clear conscience let me convince the adults around me that I was totally innocent . |
| 36 | This county pays for a full time union official this is extravagant , one full timer for five hundred members , that is way over the top let me tell you . |
| 37 | Erm to give you an example let me show you this brochure here this is Page and Moy high prices and clearly that is aimed at A and B. |
| 38 | My window and my swivel chair Let me see what goes on out there — I check the plant six times a day [ Except when steam gets in the way ] … |
| 39 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 40 | Where there is darkness let me give light and where there is sadness let me give joy . |
| 41 | Leonard was a very close observer , and collector , of this scene ; always keeping his hand in with his guitar , writing much of his early poetry to the sound of its music : the emerging Nashville sound , Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Big Joe Turner , The Drifters , The Clovers , Guitar Slim and , most of all , Ray Charles , whose first hit , ‘ Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand ’ in 1951 , marked the onset of an astonishing career . |
| 42 | Now in ecstatic visions let me rove , |
| 43 | As the Darlington boxer went back to his corner after his national schools championships intermediate 45kg final at Derby on Saturday against Middlesex 's Reg Robshaw , he muttered : ‘ Please God let me win it . ’ |
| 44 | well my Lord let me clarify and be quite clear |
| 45 | My Lord let me speak plainly , I introduced the topic of when he was recaptured , I asked nothing about what was . |
| 46 | erm my Lord let me deal with G first cos I , as |
| 47 | After mortal trouble Let me lie still Where the wind drives and the clouds stream Over the hill Where grass 's thousand thirsty mouths Sup up their fill Of the slow dew and the sharp rain Of the mantling snow dissolv 'd again At Heaven 's sweet will . |
| 48 | The foreman used to live there until he got married and needed a bigger place , then Uncle let me have it . ’ |
| 49 | The More shoot let me do just that . |
| 50 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |
| 51 | ‘ If you feel somewhat vulnerable in your dressing-gown let me remind you I have seen you in your nightdress and not felt driven to mindless passion . ’ |
| 52 | Your favourite Melton Mowbray pork pie , Master Harry , and Farmer Bates let me have a nice piece of Stilton special . |
| 53 | Everyone thinks I 'm well now ; the doctors let me discharge myself from hospital , and consider my ‘ amenorrhoea ’ ( lack of periods ) a complete mystery , something to do with growing up . |
| 54 | In some close Corner let me hide , |
| 55 | ‘ I brought them over yesterday and George let me have a couple of boxes for the night but I do n't want to leave them over another night if I can help it . |
| 56 | What my solicitors finding from a letter let me tell you why I ask . |
| 57 | The second sense mentioned by Cotte is " permission given " , and can be illustrated by a sentence such as : ( 215 ) The doctor let me donate blood for my father even though I had a mild case of the flu . |
| 58 | As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours . |
| 59 | Where there is darkness let me give light and where there is sadness let me give joy . |
| 60 | In 1610 his son Robert published a collection of foreign and English songs , A Musicall Banquet , including two from Caccini 's Nuove Musiche ; and two of the three by his father — ‘ Far from triumphing court ’ and ‘ In darkness let me dwell ’ ( Dowland 's supreme masterpiece of emotional declamation ) — reveal awareness of the new style . |