Example sentences of "[pron] have let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was n't that clever , Alice , because I had to let him do it to me before , instead of after . |
| 2 | When they started dancing I did n't try and stop them because I had to let them do what they felt was right . ’ |
| 3 | What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me — and I had let him do it . |
| 4 | If I had let him go to hospital the cost to the country would have been about £500 a week . |
| 5 | ‘ Father Poole became very excited when I mentioned your name , and very annoyed when I told him I had let you go . |
| 6 | They sent me another out and I thought oh right , but if I find it I 've to let them know , either give them it back or |
| 7 | Yeah , but basically from , from that programme all , all the er , you can see all the resources were really being used all week and , but I had a problem when we came to do the bedrooms that er , you can there , we ran out of work for the decorators to do er removing this thing , once you 've removed and then I managed to squeeze in , but where the second decorator 's erm up to room twenty-three but rather than erm have just one gang than , and not , not using as many as the resources as we possibly could I let them gave the second gang a few rooms that they could actually squeeze in without interrupting I 've let them do up to room twenty-three and then and then basically the carpenting and they have to come in after everybody else has done what they Monday morning basically we just decided that we really needed more resources the earlier sequence of events to , to get so we were getting to so whether we 've been given |
| 8 | Then I 'll call a district meeting where I 'll get other branches together erm shop stewards and that , and I 'll pass this information , I 've let them know there 's such a thing as . |
| 9 | I 've let them know it 's , it 's going ahead erm and that the vote is coming off . |
| 10 | I 've let him go pending further enquiries — he set his solicitor on me . |
| 11 | Did n't want her to chuck herself off a bridge , so I 've let her have one of my rooms . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I know that 's what you imagine , and I guess I 've let you believe that because I had become so accustomed to my privacy that I did n't care for your intrusion into it , but you 're wrong . |
| 13 | I 've let you play your games , you and Joseph , and I 've said it was nothing to me , it was enough that I was a painter . |
| 14 | It is n't hot I 've let it cool down . |
| 15 | ‘ But I have to let it bother me . |
| 16 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 17 | In The Secret Garden Mary has been watching a robin which has let her come quite near . |
| 18 | How could she have let him do that ? |
| 19 | Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ? |
| 20 | He picked up the receiver , and without identifying himself just said , ‘ Could n't you have let me have an hour ? |
| 21 | For many are accompanied by mothers who 've let them take the day off . |
| 22 | You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past . |
| 23 | You 've let him court you , after all . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've let him think it , ’ Mrs Alderley said repressively . |
| 25 | ‘ That 's because you 've let him get away , ’ Whitlock snarled but the policeman snapped at him to face the front when he tried to look round . |
| 26 | Yes , I think that 's If you , if your dog goes and bites somebody , an , you 're in trouble , because you 've let him get out of control , and |
| 27 | You have warm feelings for her too , but you 've let me succeed in courting her ! |
| 28 | You 've let her wear out . |
| 29 | If you 've let her get away from us , the only cut you 'll get is with this . ’ |
| 30 | ABBERLEY : You 've let her rot away . |