Example sentences of "to let [pers pn] have [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You wo n't forget to let me have that note about Artemis Kostika , will you ? ’ |
| 2 | The housekeeper at the rectory said that they have a splendid display of late June roses this year and offered to let me have some . |
| 3 | He refuses to let me have another go which I think is outrageous and tell him so . |
| 4 | Suddenly her daughter telephoned me and said , ‘ My mother asked if you could come as she has agreed to let you have those two things you wanted . |
| 5 | So far , I 've given two to friends in hospital and one to an elderly neighbour , who 's begged me to let her have another one so that she can pass the first one on . |
| 6 | Amanda rolled over taking most of the duvet with her ; it was easier to let her have more than her fair share . |
| 7 | After the near-fatal accident to the young Celia Carrow , Freddie Nash went back to London , managed to persuade the girl at the local off-licence to let him have some bottles on account , and got drunk . |
| 8 | We try to reduce the distance between ourselves and our boss by using first-person-plural pronouns , talking of what ‘ we ’ ( i.e. the boss and I ) will do in the future — ‘ We could always write to head office , and ask them to let us have more data . |