Example sentences of "would let they [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 They would let them stay on until they married and got farms of their own , because , perhaps , their own home circumstances would not be very good .
2 To return to the mezzanine landing and nip up the other stairs would let them see me .
3 By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with .
4 They had formulated some vague ideas which would let them use this effect to shorten the perceived time it took to play the games they had to play , but the castle clocks , or perhaps the castle itself , seemed unwilling to cooperate .
5 Fielding would let them drawl or quack away for five minutes , before asking , with a strategic glint : And Shakespeare ? "
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