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

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31 After a pause for thought she told Dad that he must go and ask the Captain if he could let them have some cups and saucers and whatever else was available , even if they could not have the hall .
32 If I were growing potatoes , like most sensible gardeners I 'd let them grow .
33 Joy-riders , I 'd let them go .
34 By June they 'd let them go !
35 They 'd let them sink down to the bottom and drift there with the long-haired weeds — ;
36 I did n't know though did I I thought you 'd let them cool !
37 It would have been better if we 'd let them live .
38 I 'd let them know what we were like in here behind our austere surnames and our net curtains .
39 You 'd let them hang till they 'd set yeah .
40 I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear .
41 Oh I 'd let them come , I 'd let them come whenever you can get them cos we 've got so many of them it 's
42 Oh I 'd let them come , I 'd let them come whenever you can get them cos we 've got so many of them it 's
43 Well all these people , we would always let them ha when we killed one we would share it out amongst the people who had given them , like er , I do n't say every time but occasionally we would do that and we 'd let them have a piece of pork you see , which we could legally do see .
44 And when it 's such a fine day , for once , one ought to let them kick .
45 Yeah but you ought to let them know .
46 Used to let them rest
47 We used to let them rest .
48 They would let them stay on until they married and got farms of their own , because , perhaps , their own home circumstances would not be very good .
49 To return to the mezzanine landing and nip up the other stairs would let them see me .
50 By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with .
51 They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate .
52 Fielding would let them drawl or quack away for five minutes , before asking , with a strategic glint : And Shakespeare ? "
53 Dulé was saying , ‘ We will let them stay — for a while .
54 It will let them die .
55 And Saints hope the Bulldogs will let them keep their prize guy until late February so that he 'll be available for the second and third rounds of the Challenge Cup .
56 A sticker in the window will let them know it 's now worth it !
57 In its latest salvo over equal access to each other 's markets , AT&T Co is telling the US regulatory authorities that the accounting rates — the amount the originator pays the co-respondent for landing a call — between the UK and the US could be cut by 60% : according to the Financial Times , AT&T says British Telecommunications Plc has refused to agree a cut , British Telecom says nonsense , we are still considering it and we will let them know next month ; transatlantic accounting rates have fallen by near 50% over the past two years .
58 But you will let them know that you 're there like and I mean that
59 They wo n't pay a young act any money , but they will let them play third on the bill on a Monday night or on a Thursday night when there are n't many people in the venue .
60 Aye they can let them let them go
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