Example sentences of "and let [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Finally , on the day that I 'd promised to ring the breeder back and let him know one way or the other , a miracle happened — one of those strokes of luck that seem to come along when you least expect them to .
2 Confused , she went after him down the winding stairs into the kitchen and let him organise hot drinks .
3 We should approach the white public school middle class networks in the business world and let them deliver some money .
4 Beat all these together with a whisk , till all appeareth converted into froth , and let them stand all night .
5 I says , they have a hotel there , so I brought them up to the hotel and took them , he went in and he made arrangements to stay there and then I took them over and let them see this lake dwell this crannagh as they call it .
6 Shut up , and let me watch this play . "
7 In the middle of our talk I began to speak as if to some demon , telling him to hold his tongue and not interrupt my talk , and let me serve these gentlemen for it was already late .
8 ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear .
9 ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’
10 And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should .
11 In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did
12 And let us help each other get this thing into perspective or it 's going to ruin our collaboration . ’
13 " Fill your Sillabub pot half full with sider , and good store of sugar , and a little nutmeg , stir it well together , and put in as much cream by two or three spoonfuls at a time , as hard as you can , as though you milk it in ; then stir it together very softly once about , and let it stand two hours before you eat it , for the standing makes it curd . "
14 This is an attempt to loosen up your mind and let it accept alternative ideas .
15 To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England .
16 If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into .
17 I 'll dress and let you get some sleep . ’
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