Example sentences of "and let me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not the desire to destroy it , but rather to turn time back and let me never have been involved with it . |
| 2 | Claire , Annabel and I are supposed to help distribute the food , and let me tell you , at some of these do 's it 's like feeding a pack of hounds . |
| 3 | And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should . |
| 4 | Accordingly , an assembly such as this in England — and let me remind you there have been earlier ones , at Sheffield and Keele — is an act of homage to a great and greatly maligned poet ; but it is also , and can not help but be , a patriotic demonstration against ‘ suffocating insular coziness ’ . |
| 5 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 6 | Rutherford cites Lawrence 's own remark in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom to the effect that this identification ‘ quitted me of my English self , and let me look at the West and its conventions with new eyes : they destroyed it all for me ’ . |
| 7 | Anyway , carry on and let me know if there are any real difficulties . |
| 8 | One doctor was being driven home when he suddenly said : ‘ Stop the car and let me out ’ , at which he leapt out and ran off down the road into the dark . |
| 9 | And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls . |
| 10 | Let me take hold of that weakness of yours and let me change your water into wine . ’ |
| 11 | There were many heads like that in Spain , and I would follow outstanding examples gazing in admiration at that nape , that neck , that flat-backed skull , until the head turned and let me glimpse the face , which was never disappointing . |
| 12 | He was rather taken aback but said he would report to head office and let me know about it in the New Year . |
| 13 | ‘ If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord , he will bring me back and let me see both it and his habitation ; but if he says , ‘ I have no pleasure in you , ’ behold , here I am , let him do to me what seems good to him' ( 2 Sam . |
| 14 | We had Trimalchio 's feast to go on , described by Nero 's mate Petronius , so we had an idea of what they ate , and let me say that it was as much of a surprise to find they had sausages and black pudding as it was to find out they had concrete . |
| 15 | Fetch me a silver piece , and let me look at it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And now , my dear , before you leave , let me take your hands in mine and let me feel your face . |
| 17 | ‘ I was wondering , ’ said Evelyn , ‘ if you 'd like to swap with me and let me have a chance to go under the machines . ’ |
| 18 | After about half an hour 's unsteady plodding along the sand , leaving dinosaur hoofprints and a small steaming roundabout in the middle of the beach , my buffalo turned back for home , slotted a few heads of corn into his cheeks by the way of reward and let me dismount . |
| 19 | Just make up your mind , one way or the other , and let me know your decision . |
| 20 | Could you please explain to her what these are/mean and let me know if she wants to change them from this : needs to be finalized by lunchtime tomorrow . |
| 21 | But she did not forget ‘ sitting on me grandad 's rocking chair combing his hair and I can always remember him sat there and me stood up behind him : I 'd comb his hair for hours and he just sat there and let me . ’ |
| 22 | Rinse your mouth at least , and let me see did he shift any of your teeth . ’ |
| 23 | And let me tell you , if you were to have come into our servants ' hall on any of those evenings , you would not have heard mere gossip ; more likely , you would have witnessed debates over the great affairs preoccupying our employers upstairs , or else over matters of import reported in the newspapers ; and of course , as fellow professionals from all walks of life are wont to do when gathered together , we could be found discussing every aspect of our vocation . |
| 24 | And let me now posit this : ‘ dignity ’ has to do crucially with a butler 's ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits . |
| 25 | And let me say now that I have been impressed by certain of the arguments I have heard here . |
| 26 | I 've had people try to put one over on me many times , and let me tell you , gentlemen , few people succeed . |
| 27 | But forgive me and let me succeed . |
| 28 | Eventually , he arrived at her side and , exasperated , flung his clubs down the bank and exclaimed crossly : ‘ Here , lady , for God 's sake , let's do a swap ; you have these damned clubs and let me have your fishing rod . |
| 29 | Switch off that machine and let me die now . ’ |
| 30 | Why did you cheat me and let me down ? |