Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had merely telephoned to let him know that she would be handing over to a girl called Kate . |
| 2 | Mrs Chafer , who has been divorced since the late Seventies , said the prince came to Pammy Jane 's rescue after the divorce and personally offered to let her use one of his tied cottages . |
| 3 | Davidson and the General kept hinting that I would be much better off without it , but I was terrified that without it I should never be able to fly again , so refused to let them touch it . |
| 4 | He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way . |
| 5 | I did not want to let her go . |
| 6 | The Minister has told us today that he does not want to let us know what his proposals will be when he goes into negotiations . |
| 7 | I just want to let you know that chief among my criticisms of this report , it is is that it is a total insult to all of you , who give of your time freely to a unique cause to which we all belong . |
| 8 | If you would like me to send you further copies of these agreements , please do not hesitate to let me know . |
| 9 | I 'm not going to let her slide out of it or I do n't get my scoop . ’ |
| 10 | But Arabella Buckley , with a murderer who was not ‘ one of us ’ almost under her thumb , was not going to let him go so easily . |
| 11 | There was a moment of sudden realisation that we 'd spent four months raising this cash and we were not going to let it go that easily . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not going to let it go out , though ? ’ |
| 13 | I 'm not going to let you go . ’ |
| 14 | Mummy 's not going to let you fall |
| 15 | Isambard did not mean to let him go for money , and was ensuring that the crown should not intervene to take him out of his hands perforce . |
| 16 | Ceauşescu did not mean to let it come again . |
| 17 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She confessed she had not meant to let me see it or sign it and said Joseph had promised to take it to America and sell it under her own name . |
| 19 | But there is a mysterious group of British engineers , who are not allowed to let us know what they 're doing — I suppose they are helping the Chinese build a factory or something — anyway , it has been refreshing to hear a homely Lancs. accent at the next table . |
| 20 | We wondered whether he had forgotten his lines but soon learned to let it go , rather than stop the recording . |
| 21 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
| 22 | They could not afford to let it fall apart . |
| 23 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 24 | She did n't try overhard , she just wanted to let me know I was secure with her , that the break-up of my parents ' marriage was n't the worst thing that ever happened , and that she had enough love to cover us all . |
| 25 | As one who went through this situation recently , I ‘ feel ’ for you and I just wanted to let you know this . |
| 26 | I just wanted to let you know that in February , wo n't be hiding behind an OHP , erm I 'll be taking up a post with the European Commission , working with Aids services throughout Europe . |
| 27 | I think to talk like that is to just to want to let it go on and on and on . |
| 28 | He could be quite casual in his attitude to his wife 's anxiety and more often than not failed to let her know when he was delayed . |
| 29 | ‘ There 's always a self-imposed pressure , especially when you 're starting out — ‘ Shit , I 've got to come through big-time on this ’ — but you just have to let it happen ; if it does n't happen today it 'll happen tomorrow . |
| 30 | I just have to let you know |