Example sentences of "let my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 2 | ‘ If I die abroad in exile , let my body rest in a temporary grave until my mortal remains be transferred to our dear homeland , ’ said the Montenegrin President , Branko Kostic , reading the royal will and testament to the crowds in Cetinje Square , who carried flags and portraits of Nicholas and his queen , Milena . |
| 3 | ‘ O , Father , let my last touch rest your ashes , love … . ’ |
| 4 | Let my lord pass on before his servant , and I will lead on slowly , according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children , until I come to my lord in Seir . ’ |
| 5 | I let my banjo do the singing . ’ |
| 6 | Squatting behind an embankment , I paused to catch my breath and let my pounding heart settle down . |
| 7 | The bridegroom says : ‘ You are a garden locked up , my sister , my bride , ’ while the bride responds , ‘ Let my lover come into his garden and taste its choice fruits . ’ |
| 8 | Her book will make feminists scream ‘ tacky ’ and explode but even Yvonne , who supplies Page 3 models , draws the line occasionally : ‘ I never let my girls serve drinks topless at stag parties , jump out of pies nude , participate in lesbian orgy film sequences or model fur — animals skins for fur coats — now that really is obscene . ’ |
| 9 | Let my last guideline be for yourself . |
| 10 | Julian mentions a case of exactly this kind : ‘ I bequeath Stichus to Titius ’ or ‘ let my heir give [ Stichus ] so that Titius may manumit him ’ ( Stichum Titio lego vel heres meus dato ita ut eum Titius manumittat ) . |
| 11 | I let myself down and I let my sport down . |
| 12 | While Lynn and Thomas and Vicky and Dennis chattered , I sat back and let my fingers do the talking . |
| 13 | Let my engineer go hack and tell them so . ’ |
| 14 | Now , looking out over the heartland to the eastern sky already flushed with the first faint gold of dawn , he said aloud : ‘ I let my father die deliberately . |
| 15 | ‘ If there is one thing that Sweden taught me , it was to hang in there and not let my head go down , even if I do n't play particularly well . |
| 16 | So I have to do something because I ca n't just stand idle and let my kids die . ’ |
| 17 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 18 | Let my prayer be a channel for your love , your grace , |
| 19 | Kicking back the covers , I let my feet touch the carpet , put on the white and blue striped kaftan which my journalist daughter had made for me and walked to the window overlooking the central court . |
| 20 | ‘ I also let my hair go darker and grew out my fringe which was a lot more flattering . ’ |
| 21 | THE father of Hillsborough coma victim Tony Bland pleaded yesterday : Let my son die with dignity . |
| 22 | Let my lips caress your face , |
| 23 | Let my heart |
| 24 | Or let my Lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely Tower Where I may oft outwatch the Bear . |
| 25 | But let my due feet never fail , |
| 26 | I let my wife buy Harris and Cheviot lengths for winter when she 's in London , but I never allow her to have them made up for herself . |
| 27 | ( Hint : Let my age be m . ) |
| 28 | I shake my hand free of most of his semen and deliberately let my hand brush across the leaves and blades as I dash past , wiping the rest off . |
| 29 | Let my little brother see . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You know , Sapt , ’ I said sadly , ‘ I could marry the Princess and let my people kill Duke Michael — and the King . ’ |