Example sentences of "[pron] let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let myself think I might adopt him — oh , not altogether , but just so that he could come and stay with me sometimes and I could do things for him . |
| 2 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
| 3 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
| 4 | I was jealous and confused , so I let them twist me up — distort everything . |
| 5 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 6 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |
| 7 | Talking about Esmerelda , and what had happened to her , still brought on mini-fits and screams and total withdrawal for a while , but after long and patient questioning by my father and Diggs I let them know what I wanted them to think had happened — a big kite ; Esmerelda becoming entangled in the lines ; me trying to help her and the winch slipping out of my fingers ; desperate running ; then a blank . |
| 8 | I find some offences disgust me , Im let the guy know , but then I let them know I want to help them |
| 9 | So I let them bully me into taking them round . |
| 10 | I let him do it , but he did n't do it . |
| 11 | so erm , oh I let him sort it all out |
| 12 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
| 13 | As far as I remember , I let him finish his replies ! |
| 14 | I let him think it was mutual . " |
| 15 | I let him borrow it . |
| 16 | His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right . |
| 17 | Then , ‘ after a great deal more chit-chat I let him kiss me a tender goodnight on the doorstep with the promise to phone when he could and , gathering up my ermines , swept into the great portal . |
| 18 | I let him see me there bright and clear ! ’ |
| 19 | I let him see I was being very careful not to make any mistake with the .38 . |
| 20 | I let him have it to get rid of him . |
| 21 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
| 22 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm beginning to be glad I let her talk me into coming . ’ |
| 24 | I let her do it all |
| 25 | I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent . |
| 26 | When she turned to go , she looked at me and I let her see my face . |
| 27 | I let her take it … ’ |
| 28 | I let her get them out and offer me one before I shook my head . |
| 29 | I let her share my house because she could only afford a tiny flat of her own , and she bosses me around as if she 's the one with the money . |
| 30 | This does n't mean I wo n't make her jump through a hoop or six before I let her know it : in the craft of dybbukry revenge and forgiveness are merely two sides of a single coin . |