Example sentences of "let me [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 You must let me handle this , ’ he said quietly .
2 mm , oh do n't let me eat any more of these because there too sickly would n't you like a Jamaican rum truffle ?
3 ‘ I 'm going to ask you if you 'll kindly let me borrow that . ’
4 Er Moderator you 'll probably not let me speak either
5 " If you do n't let me go this instant I shall scream and Lizzie will come out and Bunny Chaloner "
6 He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop .
7 Do n't let me forget that you know
8 You must let me do that or I ca n't think of rejoining you . ’
9 Why wo n't you let me do that ?
10 How could you let me do this to us ?
11 well I can do , but he wo n't let me do any of the things I want
12 When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it
13 Right , are you gon na let me light this cigarette or am I gon na just stand here all holding it ?
14 and the trade union movement , the liberation struggle , when you look at it it gives you great hope in terms of human capacity but they will need other kinds of help in order to reconstruct and let me say this because it is important and I do n't say it with any kind of arrogance we have one kind of miracle occurring in South Africa that people ignore and that is that out of the hell of racism we have produced a leadership which is the strongest leadership in the world against racism .
15 ‘ Here pet , better let me take some of your things . ’
16 Last year , after a fortnight 's holiday in California , his first for two years , he complained , ‘ My wife would n't let me take any work with me ’ .
17 ‘ Er … — could you let me have that again ? ’ he asked quietly .
18 So you 'll let me have that information ?
19 So why did n't you let me have that one then ?
20 I 'd be grateful if you could let me have this cheque as soon as possible .
21 ‘ Shelley , do n't let me have another heart attack !
22 ‘ But he does n't let me have any money , myself .
23 I should be grateful if you would let me have any amendments or omissions a.s.a.p .
24 A preliminary agenda is enclosed and perhaps , in your response , you will let me have any other items you wish to have included .
25 Can you , if you can let , simply let me have those in at the end of the session or if you can give them to Eleanor at the end of the session .
26 If you could let me have these in writing it would make life easier
27 In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food .
28 What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come .
29 Well there is , a Co-op bank but I do n't think they 'll let me have some money out of it .
30 He put in a kitchen and he thought there was something funny about these people erm they did n't want to give him money up front for the fabric , you know , the woods and things and he was n't asking the full amount anyway and he said , you know , a things are very tight in business and I do not want to run up any more debts if you will let me have some of cash , some of the cash fo for the wood as soon as the wood 's delivered I 'll come and do the job , it 's not as though your money is going to be tied up in any way and there was a bit of a face pulling and saw this woman drop to , sort of , always hovering around always putting her motty in and erm when th when the job was nearly completed madam steps forward with the cries of that is n't quite right and that is n't quite right and Nev was putting hours doing nit-picking fussing about getting things absolutely perfect got it absolutely perfect but when it came to the final bill they knocked off six hundred because there was the tiniest little scratch on one of the panels !
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