Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O.K. , if I insisted he would stay for dinner with Max tomorrow evening , and could I let him know what I was planning to cook as he would like to start working on the antidote . |
| 2 | Nor could I let him bully me . |
| 3 | Why did I let him persuade me to do this ? |
| 4 | Shall I let them carry on and see for themselves ; shall I ‘ guide ’ or ‘ direct ’ them ? |
| 5 | But how long do I let them struggle with a complicated example before intervening ? |
| 6 | If Madreidetic 's anything like as unpleasant as their language , why should I let them get away with piracy ? |
| 7 | Could I let them have the exact name of the coffin-manufacturers who had supplied me , as they had been inundated with calls asking for it and , having no success with the number supplied by Directory Enquiries , were needing further information . |
| 8 | Why should I let him/her decide how I am going to feel ? |
| 9 | Shall I let you start coming to or |
| 10 | The way some people look at it is , why should I let you write a book that wo n't do me any good but might do me some harm . |
| 11 | Can I let you know . |
| 12 | ‘ How did I let it happen ? |
| 13 | She had never been ashamed of her body before — why should she let him make her feel this way ? |
| 14 | Would she let him go again now that the kitty was empty ? |
| 15 | Why did she let him get under her skin like this ? |
| 16 | How could she let him get away with all he had said ? |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , did she , I mean , now you have spoken to her , will she let me come ? ’ |
| 18 | Did she let you touch it ? ’ |
| 19 | Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ? |
| 20 | Only then did she let herself watch the clock to the strains of Beethoven 's Apassionata . |
| 21 | ‘ For God 's sake , Peter , ’ she said with a small and surprising explosion of irritation , ‘ why do n't you let yourself go for once ? ’ |
| 22 | If you do feel revolted when you watch the patient eat , you should not feel guilty about it , but neither should you let yourself become irritable with the patient over it . |
| 23 | ‘ So why did you let her rush out of the restaurant and then let Steve follow ? |
| 24 | How could you let her go ? |
| 25 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 26 | How could you let her go ? ’ |
| 27 | Do n't you let her know what you 're up to , mind . |
| 28 | ‘ Why do you let her get under your skin ? ’ |
| 29 | Well one , how could you have bought that and two , how could you let her drone through it like that ? |
| 30 | Why did you let them bring me here ? |