Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps the shock is severe enough to catapult the person into feeling all the pain and extremity of loss that their defences might not have let them do if they had had more time to get organized .
2 Hayling had let them know that the move would complicate his personal life .
3 Right I shall have let me go and get the matches .
4 ‘ I should have liked to be a nun , except they would n't have let me smoke and I could n't live without cigarettes .
5 Without realizing it he had let me know that using French words , however few and halting , has a bewitching effect upon everything in London , animate and inanimate alike .
6 All they were told to do was let me know if you became engaged . ’
7 She let me finish and then she said : ‘ That 's odd .
8 Quite suddenly , he let me go and his voice changed .
9 But he let me search and ch-ch-ch
10 Well erm I said if you want me to do it let me know and I 'll come and do it but just make well she 's cancelled before because once she had n't got the money and
11 ‘ I know that 's what you imagine , and I guess I 've let you believe that because I had become so accustomed to my privacy that I did n't care for your intrusion into it , but you 're wrong .
12 Though when she might have let him know that she was quite able to make her own decisions , thank you very much , she remembered — she still wanted that interview with him .
13 But looking up at Ilbrec she saw such a heartbroken sorrow that without a word she let him stoop and take Fand from her .
14 ‘ I could have got him when Liverpool let him go but I said balls to him .
15 ‘ I was a bit surprised Liverpool let him go after he looked one of their best players last season , but I do n't suppose Ron is too worried about that .
16 Eventually she let him win and asked who told him .
17 Then in September 1983 , ‘ Wally ’ Fuentes Morrison let him know that his skills were once again required for a special operation .
18 Instead , she let him know that she never took guys home on a first date .
19 She let him stumble and fall to his knees .
20 He would never have let her go if he had n't been distracted by his own interests .
21 Who , in one swift , unexpected movement , had let her see that he was as vulnerable as she ?
22 I should not have let her attend that ridiculous affair , but she insisted . ’
23 Mungo let her pass and shut the door .
24 He let her go and beckoned her to follow him .
25 Roman let her go and she closed the door on him with relief , pushing any tinge of regret that he had n't kissed her firmly away .
26 He let her go and ran a long finger across her cheek .
27 He let her go and straightened up .
28 Just as she thought he was going to kiss her he let her go and strode to the door .
29 He let her go and make repairs to her make-up , to try to disguise her bruised and swollen lips before the official photographs were taken .
30 ‘ The devil ! ’ he uttered , and as her hands left its edge he let her go and seized the tray before it could fall .
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