Example sentences of "[modal v] let they [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 They should let them do all the houses up with it should n't they ?
2 THE Poll Tax administration bandits are so quick off the mark we should let them handle care allowances and benefit claims .
3 Policy is for politicians , but if a tax proposal is administratively unworkable , then we should let them know sooner rather than later .
4 ‘ And Masklin said we should let them know who 's boss . ’
5 " I still think we should let them try it their way and see what happens , " Lorne ventured .
6 I figure we should let them hear what happened and discuss — ‘
7 They should let them buy more land and do more council building .
8 She told him if he could not face her and the baby , he must let them leave this place .
9 We must let them know at the station , or there will be an awful accident . ’
10 ( v ) We must let them know when we shall visit La Gracieuse this summer .
11 We must let them steal the shuttle we 've prepared for them .
12 Those who must let them enter do not like the work , for they fear what sidles in at the same time — the jealousies , the old rows and the suspicion of old fraud .
13 We 'll let them talk you out of it Stewart !
14 le we 'll let them do it .
15 if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ?
16 So if anybody would like to write I 'll let them have all the addresses , there are about eight there , so erm , otherwise it 's just the urgent action network which is er a constant thing really .
17 She 'll give a pound coin to one of the tinkers ’ children when there 're dozens of them running round , and she 'll let them see she 's got lots more pound coins , and then she has to give them all one or they 'll bang her on the head and take them . ’
18 And they 'll they 'll anybody new in the estate agent in sta in staff terms they 'll let them look at that and say well that 's what Lynda 's here er sorry I beg your pardon
19 ‘ Sometimes one of the oldies will shout , ‘ Make way for a blind pensioner ’ , and we 'll let them take a wave , ’ the younger surfers laugh .
20 But iff you actually allow B R as an organization to bid , I think it 's making a nonsense of privatization because you 're saying in essence there is n't anything wrong with B R management at the moment and we 'll let them take over the network .
21 We 'll let them get on with about half the ceremony — just in case there are any stragglers . ’
22 ‘ I know ; I 'll let them know where I am , do n't — ’
23 They ca n't keep us here for ever , one day we 'll get out and then we 'll let them know about it .
24 We 'll let them know the date we 're going to start , and offer incentives if they sign up before that deadline .
25 Instead , we waste no time in nonchalantly kicking aside the obligatory minor celebs who form queues daily in the hope we might let them press their lips against our sinfully expensive shoe leather , and march forcefully into the Ed 's inner sanctum .
26 In effect , the message being sent to John and the other hostages was that they had to keep a stiff upper lip and hope that , one day , the kidnappers might let them go .
27 I do n't want another generation of females to grow up thinking that if they keeps their heads down , do n't make waves and wear the uniform — if , in fact , they are good girls — then the boys might let them join their games .
28 ‘ You could let them land here . ’
29 The books were at the auditors and I did n't want to hold up the minutes and , as you 'd all mostly seen them anyway , I felt that perhaps I could let them go .
30 Built in the days when the knocker-up came to each house to wake the workers , miners could chalk the times of their shifts on the slates so that the knocker-up could let them sleep if they were not due for work when he came by .
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