Example sentences of "to let they [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But I do n't intend to let them bargain with me . |
2 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
3 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
4 | I thought you were n't meant to let them sleep on their fronts like that . |
5 | All you have to do is grow a beard and look rugged , take a bunch of gullible kids from good homes , make their parents pay through the nose to let them sleep in bunks and eat beans , and then pretend that mundane things are difficult or unusual . |
6 | I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’ |
7 | While X/Open Co Ltd welcomed Novell Inc 's letter of intent to buy Unix System Labs Inc , it was apparently not impressed enough to let them carry over USL 's membership by default . |
8 | Ellwood 's technique was to let them stay about five vehicles ahead , but now and then he 'd drop back and let them fall out of sight . |
9 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
10 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
11 | ‘ He refused to let them return in the New Year to London , ’ she said . |
12 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
13 | Instead , he preferred to let them fade into irrelevance until he was ready to deliver the coup de grâce , which came in October , when he ordered all military personnel to withdraw from them . |
14 | Many have been forced to leave husbands who have refused to let them participate in trade union activities . |
15 | But undeterred by background or family opinion , I 'd written to the BBC to let them know of my ambitions to be a broadcaster — and was dismissed without benefit of an interview . |
16 | It does no harm to let them know of your interest while a course is in preparation . |
17 | Couns Frank Robson and Alan Robinson ( Lab ) have asked people living nearby to let them know of any problems although they are optimistic the new owners will run the club responsibly . |
18 | One possible way of getting round the problem of the ‘ doorstep ’ explanation is to write a letter to people in the sample to let them know in advance of the survey and the coming call by an interviewer . |
19 | If the client refuses to let them communicate with the auditors , then they should turn the job down . |
20 | We 're going to have to let 'em get on their way . |