Example sentences of "let [pron] tell [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Jack let me tell you , I 'll tell you a story shall I ?
2 ‘ Better let him tell you about it , ’ Robins advised .
3 But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ?
4 His mother looked nervously at them as they came in long after dark — she was obdurately against the recalling of ‘ the bad old times ’ and she would neither ask them what they had seen nor let them tell her .
5 Let them tell you , let them paint pictures .
6 " Let them tell us if they do n't like it .
7 If that is wrong , let them tell us why , rather than differentiate between dead bodies on the basis of whether a diagnosis was made before or after death , or whether the patient stops breathing in the accident and emergency department rather than a medical ward .
8 Now look , now , now just let me tell her this
9 just let me tell her this is
10 There 's , no let me tell her .
11 Let me tell him about the previous 12 months ' statistics which show a decrease in salmonella food poisoning and that the Food Safety Act 1990 is working .
12 Let me tell them myself , in my own time .
13 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
14 DIANE : THINGS sure move slow around here , let me tell ya .
15 Nasty that complaint can be , let me tell yer .
16 We used ter fight over work , an' there 's still a scramble at times , let me tell yer .
17 ‘ There 's bin times when I was tempted , let me tell yer , ’ he said .
18 But let me tell it all in the right order .
19 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 .
20 For let me tell you something : I 've respected myself far more for doing cleaning jobs well than for doing teaching jobs badly — and it is entirely appropriate that I should do so .
21 I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong .
22 Let me tell you , there 's no one better than Will Clark .
23 What you doing it for ? 'Cos let me tell you , the only people who are going to be interested in your bloody research are the authorities .
24 Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate .
25 To some degree we must all find the system best for ourselves , but let me tell you what I do .
26 Let me tell you of the images that spring to my mind when we talk about water .
27 Now let me tell you all the news . ’
28 I 'm as open minded and honest about my dogs as any dog owner , so let me tell you that I have the most beautiful , most gentle , most serious and most feminine Golden Retriever that ever lived .
29 Let me tell you to what degree .
30 ‘ Well , let me tell you what I think the election 's about , Mark .
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