Example sentences of "and let [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Is it not time he retired and let somebody do something ?
2 If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money .
3 Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’
4 For example , set your marketing manager the target of getting some positive publicity and let him control what he says to the press .
5 For example , assign your service manager a budget and let him control his own expenditure .
6 Julia sat down in the chair next to David 's and let him pour her a cup of cooling tea .
7 Then without the slightest compunction she thrust her basin of money and book of tickets into Sally 's lap and let him drag her , protesting theatrically , onto the dance floor .
8 So after that I just lay there and let him do what he wanted and he would complain about that too .
9 Why do n't we just go to Keith 's and let him do something ?
10 And you stand by and let him do it
11 And it 's three little jobs and let him do it .
12 Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance .
13 Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’
14 ‘ Get the good word to him if you so please , ’ he said amiably , ‘ and let him make himself scarce .
15 We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’
16 Silly noises like raspberries are an excuse for a good giggle — see how many you can come up with , and let him copy you .
17 She was suddenly far too aware that they were alone and would n't be disturbed until morning , too aware that the man whose overpowering masculine strength filled the room was her husband and had certain rights , too aware that the last frail layer of her protective façade had been shattered forever when she had wept in his arms and let him comfort her .
18 She grunted and let him help her sit .
19 She drew back a little , and let him see her face whole again , and in focus .
20 I dared not turn and let him see my face .
21 All you need do is look after your father , and let him see you 're cheerful .
22 There was n't too much to tell , and after Rutherford had finished he would leave the American in the room with the file and let him gut it for himself .
23 ‘ I 'll phone him , and let him know you 're coming . ’
24 Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won .
25 Could you just ring up to old Si and let him know I 've arrived ? ’
26 But if Hubert provokes Llewelyn into action , it 's England that will take the blame and the blow , and let him remember it . ’
27 It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again .
28 She could n't seem to move , to speak , to do anything apart from stand there in Luke Calder 's arms … and let him kiss her !
29 Give Durkin all the facts and let him publish them in the Eye-Witness . ’
30 Not and let him hear it .
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