Example sentences of "[coord] let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you then say , yes I think that 's very good I 'll do as you say you do not repeat no give them your money , or let them handle your money . |
| 2 | ‘ Not to play at soldiers with your men , or let them play in the band in the park on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 3 | ’ Let him go , let him tarry , let him sink , or let him swim |
| 4 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 5 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
| 6 | At the same time they should know how to order the right meal and whether , when work is done , they should take their client to the opera or a night club or let him go home . |
| 7 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
| 8 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 9 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 10 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 11 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 12 | or let me lay on my belly |
| 13 | Miss Havisham had never intended to make me rich , or let me marry Estella . |
| 14 | Or let me come underneath . |
| 15 | Or let me die ! |
| 16 | So be it when I shall grow old or let me die . |
| 17 | After a time he began to whisper in a voice that tried now to be soft and gentle , in complete contrast to his alarm calls : ‘ Come on , Minch , you ca n't really be so ill that you ca n't show me your face just for a moment , or let me hear the ruffle of one of your wings . |
| 18 | She 'd hoped , thought , it would be nice if he had taken her to lunch sometimes , or let her stay to breakfast in his room at the Franz Joseph instead of pushing her out early and sending her back to the Gasthaus . |
| 19 | Beside her stood a pleasant-looking , round , grey-haired woman , unsure of what to do , hesitating about whether to hush the weeping figure or let her cry . |
| 20 | Presumably he should have shot her or let her drown , rather than make a present of her to the French , but there were some things Karelius could not bring himself to do . |
| 21 | They 're probably going to buy up all our land and evacuate us to the south , or let us stay and employ us all as beaters . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Leave me now , or let us fight until one of us is dead . |
| 23 | But on terms he knows the boy wo n't accept himself or let us accept for him . |
| 24 | The equanimity of your average tosser of coins depends upon the law , or rather a tendency , or let us say a probability , or at any rate a mathematically calculable chance , which ensures that he will not upset himself by losing too much nor upset his opponent by winning too often . |
| 25 | Doubtless there is a batteur in the wings or for the chorus , the orchestra only needing a maître de musique , or let us say a conducteur ; a batteur de mesure being not the ‘ most essential artist at the Opera ’ but the most intolerable … |
| 26 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 27 | Or let it mature , still wrapped , in a cold larder overnight , and reheat by steaming for 1 hr or so next day . |
| 28 | It is not only more kind , but more intelligent , to give it a rest or let it slow down . |
| 29 | The water was fine , as long as you did n't drink it or let it touch your skin . |
| 30 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |