Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that God let him get out of hand because he was too weak to control him . |
| 2 | Seriously though there can be no way that Wilko let him go not even for 2.75 million . |
| 3 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 4 | A car horn behind them shattered the air and Roman let her go . |
| 5 | He said the Josephs were not there and Rain let him assume they were on their way and expected to find four very wet friends . |
| 6 | For a miracle , almost boiling hot water poured out of the taps into the bath and Julia let herself have a really deep bath for once , lying there dreaming about the day when her life might be whole again and weaving plans to make it so , until the skin of her fingers and toes crinkled and the water felt cold . |
| 7 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 8 | She worked the ragstore , she had worked there all her days , since she had left school — and a whisker away from a special one — what wits she had ; and wit let her steal the jacket , Mr McGregor 's broken arm . |
| 9 | B but Terry let us look at the |
| 10 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 11 | The last word contorted to a scream as Merlyn let her go with a thrust that sent her rocking unbalanced in Rain 's direction . |
| 12 | ‘ I could have got him when Liverpool let him go but I said balls to him . |