Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As three men slowly looked away McLeish received the uncompromising message that if any of them had been so lucky as to have dinner with Catherine Crane , none of them would have let her pay for herself . |
| 2 | Listen to what they say — maybe some place coming free soon , maybe some place they could have let you have three months back but it went to someone else . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'd 've let me know , ’ he said , picking up another splinter of pheasant . |
| 4 | The Miss Cardings next door , they would have let me stay there until I got myself sorted out . |
| 5 | As I say if they took my wages into consideration they would have let us buy next door even . |
| 6 | The British theatrical Establishment who thought he aspired to be their new idol would be puzzled over ‘ All I wanted to do was to live ’ — but they would have let it pass as a Welsh eccentricity ; ‘ to act at the Old Vic ’ would have drawn beams of approval . |