Example sentences of "let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Felipe had let me drive around the hacienda but I had never been on a road . ’ |
| 32 | She should have let me prescribe for her ; I know an excellent liniment … " |
| 33 | Still , I suppose I ca n't complain : you could have let me drown , after all . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ You should have let me kill him ! ’ |
| 35 | No future governments of whatever political persuasion , erm er I I fear have let me begin that point again . |
| 36 | Well can I can I amend my question I mean is the is that a full year cost or is it let me try it again erm . |
| 37 | He picked up the receiver , and without identifying himself just said , ‘ Could n't you have let me have an hour ? |
| 38 | Those friends on the police force who would doubtless fail to remember me these nights had even let me have carbons of a few rap sheets . |
| 39 | Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season , but they 've let me have him for six months . |
| 40 | You could of let me have the first one |
| 41 | You should have let me fall , like your friend . |
| 42 | The initial response of Bishop Crowley immediately after his appointment was ‘ Let me say immediately how glad I am to be here ’ . |
| 43 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 44 | She let me finish and then she said : ‘ That 's odd . |
| 45 | He let me hold it once . |
| 46 | Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ? |
| 47 | Beana let me start by asking you what is the Institute of Development Studies . |
| 48 | Downstairs he let me watch him make tea ( in the outer cellar ) , and something ridiculous he said made me laugh — or want to laugh . |
| 49 | He let me think about that , a long , tense silence between us . |
| 50 | She let me light her cigarette . |
| 51 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 52 | Yeah we bought you the cartons in the picture , Anthy let me do your pyjamas , you know they 're there , you know that , what nanny got you ? |
| 53 | He let me sort of tickle him and god knows what but er he 's pretty wary for some reason . |
| 54 | Watch out Christopher let me move the table . |
| 55 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 56 | Your chairman was kind enough — before he let me loose on this most patient audience — to say that my attitude , for an historian , was very unhistorical and I took it that that was meant as praise . |
| 57 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 58 | ‘ When he let me pass , he then slipstreamed and overtook me again . |
| 59 | He let me wear his hat once , a great honour indeed . |
| 60 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |