Example sentences of "we let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our aim will be to understand and , where appropriate , to modify the potency of these feelings and the way we let them affect us when conflicts arise . |
| 2 | Cos er we quite often had people in , erm asking to use the telephone to ring D H S S which , you know we let them do . |
| 3 | I think we should look at parking spaces , because in the past we 've felt that if the universities and colleges have parking spaces we let them bring the traffic in the City . |
| 4 | But of course with them coming like that and perishable goods , we let them go as they wanted them , to clear the lot like that . |
| 5 | So we let them go on in their grubby little greedy ways while we looked at papers and account books and took an inventory of the wine-cellar and just watched how the system operated . ’ |
| 6 | But if Liverpool are playing in a big match , we let them stay up until the end . |
| 7 | The band are intelligent boys , they know what they are doing and we let them get on with it . |
| 8 | We still have our two traditional enemies , but now a third looms an enemy in the Labour Party an enemy supporting the now ancient cry of the Tories and the Tory national press , for one man one vote replacing the vote in the trade unions a distancing of the Labour Party from the unions if we let them get away with this , it would mean none of the established political parties represent the interests of ordinary working people the people who I 've always represented , that 's what I think about , just them ! |
| 9 | They 're even prepared to come for free , if we let them mime the record . " |
| 10 | Do n't let us lost a year , if we let them use turmoil in the industry as an excuse for not meeting us , we will never sit round a table with them again . |
| 11 | So , we let them come into the harbour approaches , the narrowing river-mouth , where they must bunch and slow to avoid running aground on the sand-bars , then pound them from here while still they can not reach us effectively . |
| 12 | We 're very careful what we let them have . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , well we let them and again we brought out the demonstrator and we let them touch condoms erm do anything they wanted with them as long as we got them back . |
| 14 | It is precisely because costs are passed on to third parties that we let them occur . |
| 15 | The Alcometer reading was negligible , so we let him go with a warning . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ When we found out , we let him drink , smoke and swear , ’ the boy 's father told reporters . |
| 17 | For the second question and answer we did n't even bother to load the camera , though as a matter of courtesy , we let him carry on bawling . |
| 18 | And really the slate industry I think probably hinges on quality being maintained you know I mean li like I said I do n't want to go in you know I 'm no expert on this sort of thing but erm A deep sense of of injustice I think is that and , oh my God if if we let him start making us just you know like robots produce more and more slate and laying off some of the older craftsmen and you know they do and David Price who knows and I mean th they put that and and then they the last fifteen years it was a it was a defunct slate quarry before you know and they I mean it 's not as i it 's not an easy thing to er work slate I 'm sure it 's d difficult and you have to know what you 're doing . |
| 19 | We let him finish . |
| 20 | Rovers manager John KIng said : ‘ The doctor has suggested rest for Aldo and it 's best we let him have it . ’ |
| 21 | We let her go first . |
| 22 | It 's whether we do it now and we let her have it before |
| 23 | She liked us to keep to our promise , but quite understood if the children were ill , or something else cropped up , and we got behind — so long as we let her know immediately . |
| 24 | And we let her know from the start that we trusted her . |
| 25 | And when the ship was caught , and could not bear up into the wind , we let her drive . |
| 26 | Lewis thinks he has a scoop , but once we let everyone know the truth then he 'll have nothing left to play around with . |
| 27 | There might be times when we let you do the whole lot or when you have to have more than one go at it . |
| 28 | We 'll teach you in complete confidence' ) , the Jazz Society ( 'There will be a small written examination before we let you know if you can join' ) and the French Society ( 'Amusez-vous bien et attrapez cirrhose du foie avec la Frenchsoc ! ' ) . |
| 29 | Lots of chaps with pink coats will have nothing to do on winter mornings unless we let 'em come repossessin' with us . |
| 30 | ‘ The decision worried us , of course , but we let it go . |