Example sentences of "to let [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area .
2 However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area .
3 I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’
4 She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways .
5 If the client refuses to let them communicate with the auditors , then they should turn the job down .
6 My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’
7 I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ .
8 He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me .
9 After the program has finished it displays the ‘ Press any key ’ message to let you return to the editing screen .
10 I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ .
11 He would have to let her recover from the shock before contacting her .
12 She sat and watched it all slip past , and thought how she must persuade Murphy to let her cook up the hens ’ mash on the saddle-room boiler , for Dora would hate her to do it in the kitchen , and how she would need a galvanized bucket and an old ladle and a door on the old donkey shed in the orchard to keep out the foxes .
13 She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first .
14 And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him .
15 British Rail used to let her travel in the guard 's van , but has now changed its rules .
16 I had to plead with you to let her come to the party , ’ Mother said .
17 Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby .
18 But he refused to let her get near the subject .
19 Of course , we 'll have to let him go in the morning . ’
20 But it is better to let him mingle among the guests and take the candid shots which add to the colour and fun of the day .
21 Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine .
22 He opened one gate slowly , trying not to let it scrape on the gravel .
23 Even in defeat Germany was too valuable — strategically and economically — for either East or West to let it fall into the hands of the other .
24 Nor would he be able to let us know about the reversal of the thermodynamic arrow , or even bank his winnings , because he would be trapped behind the event horizon of the black hole . )
25 no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday
26 And so kind to let us come to the party afterwards .
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