Example sentences of "let us [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died .
2 As elsewhere , the people have been very kind here , and have let us teach more or less what we want .
3 Thousands of you have kindly let us know much more about yourselves by filling in the questionnaire in our November issue .
4 You could 've let us use some of that eight , over eight million pounds that we have stuffed away , set aside to actually promote our social housing programme .
5 Let us admit that good taste and proper judgement have to be worked out slowly and painfully and personally , and that it is each man for himself .
6 Let us contrast those achievements with Labour 's record in office .
7 Let us analyse this .
8 To bring this into line , let us review some of the factors mentioned earlier .
9 Let us review some of the facets of this particular strand in the history of ideas .
10 Let us fulfil that purpose , not for own advantage , but out of our duty to the people of our country and the people of our world .
11 Let us assume that DHA 1 does that and its capital charge reduces from £2.2m to £2.0m .
12 It is not an easy colour to describe , but let us assume that , say , a carpet the colour of red hair would be described as light reddish-brown .
13 Now let us assume that standard credit terms for goods received and despatched in this particular industry involve payment after 30 days with neither discounts for early payment nor penalties for late payment .
14 Let us assume that 100 per cent .
15 Now let us assume that the money supply increases .
16 Without any precise calculations let us assume this is £8 a week .
17 Let us relate this statement to the example above .
18 Let us settle these delicate matters between ourselves .
19 His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election .
20 Let us compare that with our experience in the EC .
21 Let us compare this with situations in which the issue of race has been involved .
22 First let us exclude all cases where we are concerned with something which actually is , or is taken to be , a bull or cow or calf in a real or imagined external world , when the use is plainly ascriptive .
23 However , let us leave that to the experts .
24 Let us leave such vexatious matters for the time being . ’
25 ( perhaps one should say that as such a psychological statement it would express my awareness that I have the belief rather than my belief that I have the belief , since belief is not quite the right word in this context , but let us leave such qualifications to be understood . )
26 Come , let us leave this chaos . ’
27 Gioella impatiently removed his hand from her necklace and , standing up , said , ‘ Come , Constance , let us leave these silly men .
28 Come , let us leave these fruiting lovely valleys Where we have laboured , to the men who till them And start the journey to our cloud-wreathed home Where you will live with me among the gods In joy on lofty Olympus .
29 But let us regard that stage as over , there was a gesture to be made , and you have made it , and I am grateful !
30 Again , from our vantage point , we know that each is suited to a particular kind of flight and life style ; but let us ignore that fact , and continue with the primitive analysis .
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