Example sentences of "[noun pl] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Before you reach for your collecting tins let me say they develop a good wheeze of taking in gullible Western guests and faking a few midnight tiger sightings with the aid of a collection of clockwork beasts and some carefully concealed tapes . |
| 3 | But to yon Gardens let me lead thy Charms , |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 7 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 8 | Now in ecstatic visions let me rove , |
| 9 | T'missus at Laurels lets me bring 'ome what I want and I reckon them carnations is me favourite . " |
| 10 | Moderator and friends let me say first of all that I 'm glad to be able to make these speeches on behalf of the member churches of and I 'd like to also on , particularly on behalf of the England and Wales , though I did realise having said that that you have a minister of the University of Penryth is also a member of this Synod , and therefore , you 've got me three things ! |
| 11 | Everyone thinks I 'm well now ; the doctors let me discharge myself from hospital , and consider my ‘ amenorrhoea ’ ( lack of periods ) a complete mystery , something to do with growing up . |
| 12 | My Lords let me like the Noble Viscount like Lord and the Noble Lord , Lord of Aberdale and indeed the Noble Lord , Lord of Haringey , begin by welcoming the decision of the Government to erm drop the provision in the Bill which gave the Secretary of State the power to appoint the Chairman of the Policy Authority . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I phoned your office on 6 April and left a message asking you or your colleagues to let me know the position but I have not heard to date . |