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 . |