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 ? |