Example sentences of "to let [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to say that we need take so unconscionable a time to establish industrial democracy , but only that it would be naive to suppose that there will be no doubts and difficulties — and that it would be a great mistake to let them deter us from starting from present worse to go to prospective better . |
| 2 | A pesticide used on the Continent , where varroa is widespread , is not licensed for use in Britain , but beekeepers are asking the Ministry of Agriculture to let them to use it . |
| 3 | I just was n't going to let them sack me . |
| 4 | ‘ You know you 're supposed to let them check her . ’ |
| 5 | Why had he refused to let them meet her when they would certainly see her at the hacienda ? |
| 6 | It 's a crime to let them do it , a bloody crime . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We are not going to let them drive us away . ’ |
| 8 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 9 | Cornelius had heard tell of bastards and how , if you ever met any , you should be careful not to let them grind you down . |
| 10 | And it 's always a good idea to let them think you 've got better enchantments in your armoury than you actually have , if you take my meaning , even if you have n't got any enchantments at all . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 12 | We 've still got to let them believe they 're a bit macho . ’ |
| 13 | He said the photographer humoured the Lavergnes to let them believe they were the romantic subjects . |
| 14 | John , who is a regional organiser for the CCBN , explains : ‘ The clubs that do accept single men usually put them on a 12 month waiting list to let them prove they are serious . |
| 15 | He said they were good to him whenever they saw him but often he did n't choose to let them see him . |
| 16 | If feasible find a way to let them see it . |
| 17 | She chose not to let them know she had proof this was a deception . |
| 18 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 19 | You 'll have to let them know you 've been called up . ’ |
| 20 | Contact the police once you arrive to let them know you 're looking for him . |
| 21 | They persuaded their father to let them use it to eat their porridge and this became a habit with them . |
| 22 | But as she stood aside to let them enter he saw that her wrists and ankles were slim and delicate , curiously at odds with the sturdy body , heavy-busted , almost voluptuous under the high-necked blouse . |
| 23 | we 'll have to let them catch you right at the right , where the music tells you too , dum , oh |
| 24 | Davidson and the General kept hinting that I would be much better off without it , but I was terrified that without it I should never be able to fly again , so refused to let them touch it . |
| 25 | and things , job families er , we 've got that already and we 've got , there 's gon na be the computer thing on careers but you see we 've only managed this year to get it brought down from year eleven , somebody who went into this , keeping it very close to myself , to bring it down to year ten they 're actually you know , it 's very , very difficult to let them remove it and I ca n't see that you can then make that down to ninth year just yet . |
| 26 | It is tough , but with top quality artists we have a responsibility to offer their music to the public , however difficult it is to let them hear it . |
| 27 | But she turned to let me undo it and I got impatient with the damn thing . |
| 28 | It 's very kind of you , maltster , to let me bring them in here . ’ |
| 29 | That position received the strongest support from various members of the family , and it was only by strenuous and prolonged efforts that I have been able to persuade them to let me bring you this memorandum , which contains , as I 've said , all the relevant items in the letter . ’ |
| 30 | Oh it 's hopeless trying to help you in n it , you 're so independent you wo n't have no one help you and the pen 's not coming out , see you 're not doing it right I do n't mind helping you , but you 've got to let me show you , now go all the way along , round the Q , come round here , come round here , round here , back along , stop . |