Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] to let [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He asked me to let him have his way with me . |
| 2 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 3 | I 've gone to the nuns and begged them to let me have a child , but they say ‘ You are a prostitute . |
| 4 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mrs Mary Yates is arranging the programme for 1993 and I 've asked her to let you have a copy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Excitedly I told him what had happened and begged him to let me have the harmonium . |
| 9 | I have been asked by my chief to ask you to let me have for him without further delay , the short note which he called ‘ on what you would advise should be done to concentrate and coordinate the work you are doing ’ . |
| 10 | I took that part to mean about trust between him and the board , ie he trusted them to let him have the final say etc etc . |