Example sentences of "let [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | They had to be good — not just good but sensational — or she would let everyone down , all those who believed in her — her small workforce of pattern cutters and outworkers , the friends from art school who dropped in to lend their help and support , and most of all her mother , who had put her house up as collateral for the bank loan that had set her up and enabled her to get started . |
2 | The PRO should then let everyone get on with their jobs . |
3 | After she had talked with him she would let everyone else know . |
4 | Because I could n't let everyone down . |
5 | Will let everyone know if I hear anymore . |
6 | I felt I 'd let everyone down ) |
7 | No , they 'll let everyone |
8 | They 'll let everyone but the lorries . |
9 | erm And I 'm very much looking forward to that , on Wednesday I 'm coming and we 're having a promotions day when we 'll let everyone know what we 're doing ; when it 's going to be , where it 's going to be held , and erm give two hundred youngsters the opportunity to try erm the various sports , we do n't just do football now either , we do lots of other sports . |
10 | Nell would never rest until she could get closer to confirm her worst suspicions , and paradoxically it was the woman in her that provided the intensity of emotion that would let nothing stand in her way . |
11 | I know how you would let nothing interrupt the cure . ’ |
12 | I will offer up these sacrifices , they 're nothing I know , but what can I do , I want to do something , give me a cart load of prickly pears and I 'll do it , I 'll spin them into fripperies for sorceresses , but please please do n't let nothing happen to me . |
13 | Wo n't let me out of his sight for a minute , he said . |
14 | They would let me know as soon as possible . |
15 | They would of course let me know what was going on as soon as possible . |
16 | ‘ Will you at least let me walk you down to the station ? ’ |
17 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
18 | ‘ Honey , do n't let me commence ! |
19 | Honey , do n't let me commence ! |
20 | ‘ Honey , do n't let me commence ! ’ she said . |
21 | Do not let me discommode you none , Miz Scarlett , I 'm sure ! |
22 | ‘ Honey , ’ she said , with a real slow smile , ‘ Honey , do n't let me commence ! |
23 | This is the world of the underground man 's eruptive and unexplained ‘ They wo n't let me — I ca n't be — good ’ ; which world is itself continuous with that of the pre-Siberian stories , particularly The Double where Dostoevsky says he found his underground type . |
24 | They would n't let me plug it by myself . ’ |
25 | My people at the PFA feel that until the League get together and show there is a practical job for me to do , they do n't see why they should let me go . ’ |
26 | I know I can not go unless you let me , please let me go . |
27 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
28 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
29 | The best thing will be for me to phone my aunt and then perhaps you 'll let me go and have something to eat . |
30 | ‘ I 'm going to ask you if you 'll kindly let me borrow that . ’ |