Example sentences of "let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because once you have let them go you ca n't begin to get them back for another five years . ’ |
| 2 | Eventually Phil 's dad had let them borrow his garage . |
| 3 | I 've let them know it 's , it 's going ahead erm and that the vote is coming off . |
| 4 | Then I 'll call a district meeting where I 'll get other branches together erm shop stewards and that , and I 'll pass this information , I 've let them know there 's such a thing as . |
| 5 | He was mightily pissed off with me ; perhaps he wished he had just let them shoot me on the ground . |
| 6 | ‘ Otherwise ’ , she says , ‘ they would n't have let me do it . |
| 7 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You should have let me nick them off him . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 10 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 11 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ You should have let me kill him ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season , but they 've let me have him for six months . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He let me hold it once . |
| 17 | Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ? |
| 18 | Downstairs he let me watch him make tea ( in the outer cellar ) , and something ridiculous he said made me laugh — or want to laugh . |
| 19 | She let me light her cigarette . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He let me wear his hat once , a great honour indeed . |
| 23 | He let me stroke him but he was very hesitant . ’ |
| 24 | Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him . |
| 25 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 26 | Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him , or did I hinder ? |
| 27 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 28 | He let me know you were all right . |
| 29 | Holding my tie as if for balance , he let me have his actor 's stare , right between the eyes . |
| 30 | Then she let me kiss her . |