Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 2 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 3 | Le let me bring in Dr C er Vernon let me bring in Dr Cosmo here , Vernon . |
| 4 | He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window . |
| 5 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 6 | Sometimes he let me tag along . |
| 7 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 8 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 9 | He let them go by . |
| 10 | Franca did not attempt to wipe away the tears , she let them roll down and drip onto the front of the apron which she was wearing over her brown dress . |
| 11 | Liz has let you get on with it . |
| 12 | Sara wished she had not been so petty when Fairfax had called , and had let him go on thinking it was Matthew 's old family house . |
| 13 | ‘ You should n't have let him go off by himself ! |
| 14 | See the e the headmaster 's wife see another fella to early retirement last year and they 've let him go back on supply . |
| 15 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 16 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 17 | Kendo then took the prey from Fitz , having let him tear out a large piece of the monkey 's intestines . |
| 18 | You should have let him finger on . |
| 19 | She 'd have let him get in as deep as possible and then started the pressure … |
| 20 | Yes , I think that 's If you , if your dog goes and bites somebody , an , you 're in trouble , because you 've let him get out of control , and |
| 21 | Michael let him drop on to the filthy floor . |
| 22 | She let him carry on with his stupidity and offered no elaboration nor explanation of her terms . |
| 23 | After an initial resistance , she let him talk on when this happened , but she turned her mind away , only half listening . |
| 24 | Like himself , Alexander was a clerk who served the King , even following him to England when the late Scottish King had gone south to attend the coronation of Edward I. Corbett let him ramble on while the gambling group broke up amidst loud shouts and farewells , and a harassed servant brought Corbett a cloak . |
| 25 | The handshake was a stupid idea as she was still holding Darren , but she let him slide down to the floor and we shook . |
| 26 | Lunch was set on the terrace , as he 'd promised , and Luce let him draw out a chair for her . |
| 27 | The path was stony ; that was why she let him hold on to her , and for no other reason . |
| 28 | ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round . |
| 29 | She let him go on , offering the proper monosyllable here and there . |
| 30 | Dolly let him get on with it in the usual way . |