Example sentences of "[verb] let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was doing alright myself , I should n't 've let him do it . |
| 2 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 3 | Let represents permission as non-intervention , i.e. as not obstructing the accomplishment of the event expressed by the infinitive , and so the letting can not be conceived as coming before the event permitted ( indeed one can not say that one has let someone do something until they have actually done it ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I say let him have it ’ |
| 5 | And in case you are thinking of reneging let me tell you that we 're gon na watch you . |
| 6 | We need to follow up the contacts already made when we invited comment on the idea of a course ( in any case , I promised to let them know what happened ) . |
| 7 | The manager of the Hotel España was very kind and thoughtful : he would have to let my apartment while I was away , should anyone want it , but promised to let me have it back when I returned after the funeral . |
| 8 | If she really wants to let her take them in . |
| 9 | hesitate to let us have your idea |
| 10 | Well I might as well , I mean if you want to let me order it now just get this out the way and then you can have more |
| 11 | Would you consider letting me do my dad 's job for you ? ’ |
| 12 | I mean let me mention one — the chairman mentioned that I was a rash enough to write a book on the evolution of sex . |
| 13 | She goes let me read it and she reads it and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and she goes aargh ! |
| 14 | He goes let me read it . |
| 15 | The man goes He goes let me read it . |
| 16 | While we 're getting married at least we can invite the kids to the wedding she goes cos I 'm upset too she goes let me comb your hair oi Mum ! |
| 17 | shouting let me know he was there |
| 18 | Let let me tell you about the damned side effects of this drug , because people are entitled to know what they . |
| 19 | Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola . |
| 20 | And let let them have one I had something |
| 21 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 22 | BILL Clinton has thought about the chance of being assassinated , like his political heroes John Kennedy and Martin Luther King , but refuses to let it affect him , his mother revealed yesterday . |
| 23 | He said they were good to him whenever they saw him but often he did n't choose to let them see him . |
| 24 | He never seemed to let it trouble him . |
| 25 | Penry got to his feet very slowly , standing over her in a way which made Leonora long to back away , but she stood her ground , refusing to let him intimidate her . |
| 26 | To her horror she felt the sting of tears in her eyes and looked away again , refusing to let him see her moment of weakness . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , ’ she forced herself to speak slowly and calmly , refusing to let him know he 'd just lit a tinder within her , ‘ it may have escaped your notice that you were not the only member of the cast — come to that , you were n't the only male , either . |
| 28 | After nearly a decade down under he was overdue an entirely Australian subject — the Board of Control having disappointed him by refusing to let him write their official history : ‘ This is the one major cricket book still to be written in Australia . |
| 29 | But both Kylie and Waterman ignored the incident , refusing to let it cloud her triumph . |
| 30 | That 's it , though he does n't go as far as refusing to let you see his picture . |