Example sentences of "let [pron] do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Otherwise ’ , she says , ‘ they would n't have let me do it . |
| 2 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I should n't have let you do it . ’ |
| 5 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
| 6 | And I was doing alright myself , I should n't 've let him do it . |
| 7 | ( 217b ) * I don't/did n't let him do it , but he does/did it . |
| 8 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 9 | I do n't mean that they went on strike , it was well , ‘ let them buggers do it-they 're the ones in the position let them do it ’ . |
| 10 | I 've found that after a few years experience you can tell , you just can you know ; which even if you 've got a group with two very imaginative kids in , who can play instruments really well , and the others sit back and let them do it , then you might give the difference between two out of ten and nine out of ten for effort in the same group , but for the overall effect they would then get the same mark for the group thing . |
| 11 | It is worth considering how to start the investigation : whether to do a bit yourself first to get them going , or work with the whole class as a large group , or just state the problem and let them do it all . |
| 12 | ‘ Let them do it themselves . ’ |
| 13 | People appreciate what you do for them so much more if you let them do it occasionally . |
| 14 | Yeah let them do it , we 've covered a variety of different areas investments , life assurance , protection etcetera on a scale of one to se one to seven which is the most important , one being that the er your number one priority , and get them to prioritize it . |
| 15 | And I 'll touch it later when let them do it ! |
| 16 | But let me do it in my own time , and do n't make me feel like a brood mare . |
| 17 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 18 | I want to make lunch , Thérèse said : let me do it . |
| 19 | Let me do it . |
| 20 | ‘ Here , let me do it . ’ |
| 21 | Watching her efforts , Silas said , ‘ Let me do it . |
| 22 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then let me do it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Let me do it then . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm prepared to pay but I 'll have to do it , just let me do it a bit a week . |
| 26 | Let me do it myself ! |
| 27 | Oh let me do it . |
| 28 | Bye yes I , they let me do it on that if you authorise them . |
| 29 | If you let me do it , what happens ? |
| 30 | But damn it it was so wicked , remember the flash geezer from the seventies , yeah , they 're going right just down the road , they 're all going I do n't like him and he 's going look just let me do it my way and you do it yours right |