Example sentences of "[noun] to let i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay Suzanne , now you had to slacken off the halyard to let me tie that last knot so if you could tighten it up again that will pull the sail up to the top of the mast . |
| 2 | Seeing Alec 's dour expression , I added , ‘ And it wo n't do any harm to let me try . ‘ |
| 3 | In this case there is only one honest situation — to ask the President to let me resign . ’ |
| 4 | I told myself I was waiting out there for the signals to let me know David and Leon had gone to bed , lights switched off at their bedroom windows , at least some movement of the curtains . |
| 5 | ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’ |
| 6 | A curate at St Luke 's , an older man from the West Indies , almost persuaded my parents to let me go out to Codrington College in the West Indies , but my headmaster was firm against this , expressing the hope that I might get a scholarship to an English university . |
| 7 | That first day at school depressed me , and during the next few days I begged my parents to let me stay at home , which of course was out of the question . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 9 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 10 | I am deeply touched by your reluctance to let me do so , but I feel sure this is the right thing to do . |
| 11 | Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back . |
| 12 | The Maggot dipped the starboard wing to let me take a picture of the deep water channel that dog-legged in from the west . |
| 13 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
| 14 | I 've managed to persuade the CO to let me chuck Assistant Adjutant . |
| 15 | However , I found the most frightful difficulty in persuading the various captains of these teams from one flight or the other to let me join in . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , heavens — Margaret probably rang my hotel last night to let me know . |
| 17 | ‘ You did n't convince Burun to let me lead it by telling him that I would be looking for machines , ’ he said finally . |
| 18 | I asked the Assistant Commissioner to let me go to Helsinki and he refused . |
| 19 | I ask the hon. Gentleman to let me continue at this stage . |
| 20 | I still wanted to see more of the world , and as he was offering to give me double the usual pay , I managed to persuade my wife to let me go . |
| 21 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 22 | ‘ Not a word out of that dog to let me know you were coming , ’ her mother said crossly . |
| 23 | Give my love to Julius , and ring me some time next week to let me know how things are going . ’ |
| 24 | Having said nothing about the er the charity erm erm the meeting on erm the meetings four times a year and we 're quite but there are some available for erm people erm and particularly to erm we agreed a list of people who wished to give them Christmas gifts , cash but I 'm sure they would help and and erm the names of people who who might need help er are always welcome so if I could just erm erm ask people to let me know if they know of anyone financial help . |
| 25 | It was Ian who persuaded my father to let me go on to Cambridge , which I did a year after Ian . |
| 26 | A large black Cadillac stops in the road to let me cross before pulling in . |
| 27 | Service plans come with relevant committees , being this one in this case but structures and structures strictly speaking , are still the remit of P and Q , so I think it might be a courtesy to let me have a look at the structure because they are simply right , guardians of the organisation P and Q |
| 28 | Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’ |
| 29 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 30 | I 've written macros to let me print each label with a unique number , set page lengths to the size of the labels plus the gutter between them — in short , I spent too long sorting the problem out , certainly more time than it was worth . |