Example sentences of "[coord] 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 | So Judge — gave us a 21-month suspended sentence and let me walk out the court . |
| 9 | They had to help me into the house and let me rest in a chair . |
| 10 | And let me mention this . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Let me take hold of that weakness of yours and let me change your water into wine . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 14 | Lean over here and let me whisper . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ] |
| 16 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 17 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 21 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 24 | If you had left well alone and let me carry on my business I would n't be here . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I want you to come out to Leytonstone with me and let me show you something . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I want you to come with me to Mr Sunil 's house and let me show you what I think happened to Billy Tuckett . ’ |
| 28 | And let me show you what I mean by that . |
| 29 | ‘ In that case you must come over some time and let me show you around . |
| 30 | I ca n't find a bit that Give me the pencil and let me show you . |