Example sentences of "let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |
| 2 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 3 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 4 | She let him help her off with the mackintosh , hang it in the cupboard in the hall . |
| 5 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 6 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
| 7 | If that description is excessively dry and abstract , let me spell it out in a little more detail . |
| 8 | I fully accept that , but let me throw it back at you and say you , through your brother , are arguing about the small print on an extended warranty . |
| 9 | Here now , let me help ye off with yer coat and hat . |
| 10 | Well let me pick you up on assertiveness skills . |
| 11 | Let me take you up on one or two of those points . |
| 12 | Why not the luxurious et cetera bath , and let me take you out to a decent dinner ? ’ |
| 13 | " Let me take you out to dinner , " he said , " and we 'll forget about that unpleasant experience . |
| 14 | Let me take you out in my boat , and show you where I catch my mero . ’ |
| 15 | Let me take you back to where we were in the mid-70's . |
| 16 | Shelley 's hands were clutched tightly round the mug of coffee , and Rosie wisely let her talk it out of her system . |
| 17 | Let her work it through for herself . |
| 18 | Let him sell it off to a museum . |
| 19 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
| 20 | He came to the orphanage just after I went in there , and they let him take me out to tea . |
| 21 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 22 | Let it carry him along for a bit longer . |
| 23 | Let us tuck ourselves up in the light and warmth , and hide away from the night . " |
| 24 | A Whig tract of 1711 argued that " The Revolution was almost entirely owing to them [ Tories ] " , whilst the Nonconformist Daniel Defoe repeatedly replied to the charge made by High Churchmen in Anne 's reign that the Dissenters had been responsible for the murder of Charles , by reminding them what they " did to his Son " : " if they will go back to 48 , and provoke us to Recriminate , by telling us of Killing the Father ; let us bring them back to 88 , and tell them of Deposing the Son , and sending him Abroad to beg his Bread " . |
| 25 | Enough then of words , and let us fight it out like very knights . |
| 26 | Let us get it down from the shelf for close scrutiny . |
| 27 | Then he was up , leaning away from her to let her claw herself around into a sprawling position . |
| 28 | And she had been fool enough to let him draw her in to it . |
| 29 | but , for some time he , and it , it just used to let him get it out of his system |
| 30 | But it was his birthday , so he invented a hiccup in the engine to let him take it up for height testing . |