Example sentences of "[pron] let [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.

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1 So I let them think it and played the game . ’
2 I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it .
3 I let him do it , but he did n't do it .
4 so erm , oh I let him sort it all out
5 I let him think it was mutual . "
6 I let him borrow it .
7 His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right .
8 I let him have it to get rid of him .
9 I let her do it all
10 I let her take it … ’
11 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 .
12 I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further .
13 We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more .
14 She let him pour it for her while she threw another log on to the fire , smashing a cathedral of embers .
15 I bet you let him shove it where he wants !
16 ‘ Is that why you let her do it ? ’
17 Well if she wants that you let her have it .
18 You let me 'ave it back and what was in it , and I 'll split with you .
19 If you let me do it , what happens ?
20 ‘ Only if you let me make it . ’
21 Oh well if you let me have it this week I 'll let you have it back at the weekend .
22 People appreciate what you do for them so much more if you let them do it occasionally .
23 But if you let it lie it manures it you see .
24 If it 's not for sale , I 'll pay you to let me borrow it .
25 Ignoring the dig , Lucy said , ‘ Paula keeps a small sailing boat with an outboard motor , and now and again she lets me use it .
26 Did she let you touch it ? ’
27 Cis was coming out of the Co-op one day ( hoping that Rich had not , yet again , taken some cigarettes and put them on her account ) , when she met a bristle-moustached Meredith Jones who demanded , ‘ How can you let him do it ? ’
28 Why did you let him do it ?
29 Do n't you let him take it .
30 ‘ But why do n't you let me cook it ?
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