Example sentences of "[adj] let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your parents must be prepared to let you do anything , + watch anything on T.V. etc. , + you must go out all the time with your friends . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , ’ Polly tried desperately , ‘ I admit I was wrong to let you believe I was an experienced sailor . |
| 3 | ‘ He said he 'd never prescribed it before but he was willing to let me try it . |
| 4 | Tonight she would have been quite willing to let him do anything he wanted just as long as things would go back to being the way they had been . |
| 5 | ‘ You were almost too old to adopt , were n't you , so when Elaine had her baby and was willing to let you have it , it must have seemed — ’ |
| 6 | Oh going back to the apprenticeship you were more or less left as you stood because I I thought that journeymen were very what 's the word very er they were only too willing to let you know what was going on and when you think about it you can see why . |
| 7 | ‘ Clearly the reason they claim to have burnt it is simply that they realize it would be too risky to let us examine it . ’ |
| 8 | This lets you insert your own titles and other word captions . |
| 9 | This lets you decide what you want to see next . |
| 10 | When was the last time a fellow-Earther let you rest your head on their heart , caressed your cheek , and said things designed to make you feel deeply okay ? |
| 11 | She was content to let him believe it . |
| 12 | It is content to let us follow it , if we want to do so . |
| 13 | I am content to let you form your own judgment of my character . |
| 14 | I feel fine let me flare my nostrils . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd be glad to let you have it free , ’ he said , ‘ just to have somebody living in it again after all these years . |
| 16 | ‘ You know you 're supposed to let them check her . ’ |
| 17 | You 're quite right to let him live his own life , but he will always be a reminder of your love for your husband , and his for you . |
| 18 | First of all let me emphasize our common experience that most human relationships are asymmetrical . |
| 19 | Er now let's go back over oh first of all let me explain what the idea is Hello . |
| 20 | First of all let me state I like him as much as I like Cuntona . |
| 21 | You were extremely fond of all the MacKay men — and they all let you wrap them round your little finger . |
| 22 | Oh I see , yes , that 's right Well let them mark their own I mean who 's gon na cheat ? |
| 23 | The ‘ fattys ’ were feeling so thin that many let themselves drink their way through a bottle of drain cleaner . |
| 24 | You think I 'm stupid to let her rattle me . ’ |
| 25 | If that did n't work , it was more logical to let her express her anger in the safety of her mother 's arms than to give her an irrelevant bottle , dummy or biscuit . |
| 26 | He could see that whatever was agitating his friend had pushed him to the limit but he judged it better to let him get it off his chest than keep it bottled up . |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't think it might have been better to let her have her say out , ’ suggested Desmond , ‘ and get it off her chest ? |
| 28 | ‘ What are you looking for ? ’ he snapped , perversely unwilling to let her resume her cool composure . |
| 29 | It seemed important to let him know what construction she intended to put on his words . |
| 30 | Moran was too complicated to let anybody know what he thought of anything . |