Example sentences of "[conj] let me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 2 | or let me lay on my belly |
| 3 | Miss Havisham had never intended to make me rich , or let me marry Estella . |
| 4 | Or let me come underneath . |
| 5 | Or let me die ! |
| 6 | So be it when I shall grow old or let me die . |
| 7 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 8 | And all that let me tell you after Pisa looked so dangerous in the first eight minutes , clearly they 'd come out looking for the early goal themselves , and who was badly fouled by in the early stages and needed attention , he 's the number eight , and the number eleven , who looks as quick as any player I 've seen in ages and ages , they are the two danger men and they will need some marking . |
| 9 | I stayed wooden , afraid of the power that let me say those words ; afraid to hold him too hard or too close . |
| 10 | The pickups are Bartolini 's 1C models , although let me stress once again that all personal preferences will be gladly catered for at the Moon workshop . |
| 11 | Yes er although let me say this , that er there were many things which the management were required to do , for example , when we , when we went to our monthly meetings with them , we established monthly meetings with the management , one , in order to try and control from our side , er the , to have some control on the production er side of things . |
| 12 | Whereas the men , the men were taught to be more tidy erm although let me say this that er if you asked Jimmy who was an old established fitter in Brothers , where you would find a certain item , you know , in the fitting department , er he could go and get it , erm but er when the new system was invoked er everybody knew that they were stored either you know to the north of the department or to the south or whatever . |
| 13 | So Judge — gave us a 21-month suspended sentence and let me walk out the court . |
| 14 | They had to help me into the house and let me rest in a chair . |
| 15 | And let me mention this . |
| 16 | Today I asked him to bind me and gag me and let me sit at the foot of the cellar steps with the door out open . |
| 17 | Let me take hold of that weakness of yours and let me change your water into wine . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 19 | Lean over here and let me whisper . ’ |
| 20 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 21 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 22 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 23 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 24 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 25 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 26 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 29 | If you had left well alone and let me carry on my business I would n't be here . |
| 30 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |