Example sentences of "she [modal v] let [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Doctor Baron had given her something , she ought to let him put the light out and go to sleep .
2 Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend .
3 I rubbed the noses of one or two under the frowning suspicious gaze of Ms Brown who was not pleased to be told that she should let me in whenever I asked , eh ?
4 Once she 's started it she should let it grow in her-until it can survive on its own . ’
5 She might let me to take her out in a minute .
6 She must remember on no account to go on thinking about that or she might let something slip .
7 She 'll give a pound coin to one of the tinkers ’ children when there 're dozens of them running round , and she 'll let them see she 's got lots more pound coins , and then she has to give them all one or they 'll bang her on the head and take them . ’
8 ‘ Do you think that she 'll let me stay for good ?
9 She 'll let me have the money for the vet . ’
10 I do n't know about next week yet , she 'll let me know
11 If she 'll let me .
12 I 'm going to see a wee lassie tonight ; maybe she 's not as pretty as Helen , but after I have a word with her , then maybe , just maybe , she 'll let you put that cock of yours into action .
13 Jackie told me , regarding my old and much-loved sheepdog Ffly , ‘ Do n't worry , she 's in no pain , and she 'll let you know when the day comes . ’
14 " She 'll let you down .
15 ‘ I expect she 'll let you and Oliver come and stay some time .
16 Yes I 'm sure she 'll let you have one
17 Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash .
18 if he wanted to book again that she could let her , his , her villa .
19 If only there were some way in which she could let him know that his feelings for her were not something for which he needed to apologise without landing them both in a situation from which they could not retreat .
20 Some days Ariel carried the hooped Sycorax on her back ( she would not ride on anyone else ) down to the shore and into the water , and held her up under the arms so that she could let her contorted frame float free ; small currents spun in the water as if to ease her , and the sky 's blue height seemed to catch them up into its soft vastness and give them fins and wings to fly and swoop , so that they both felt airier and brighter than they had since their freedom had come to an end , and the memory of their former peace returned for a space .
21 Perhaps she could let it lodge in the frame of her chair , leaving her free to dance .
22 No ; but she 'd let her daughter be a shop-girl .
23 ‘ I did n't realise that she 'd let her hair grow out .
24 And she 'd let her long hair fall around her face and shake it to some interior rhythm .
25 But I 'm sure she 'd let me have it , if only she could get rid of me .
26 If you wrote and invited me , I could show the letter to Mummy , and I 'm sure she 'd let me come , because she says I 'm Pale and will lose my looks
27 I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again .
28 She 'd let me get half-way close and then she would push me away .
29 ‘ If I told my therapist that , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ do you think she 'd let me go ? ’
30 Sometimes I 'd go in and she 'd let me give the baby his bottle . ’
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