Example sentences of "[adv] let [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
2 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
3 | So let me do this for you instead . |
4 | So let me put that vote to the hundred , do you think every woman has a right to have a child , or to try to have a child ? |
5 | So let me begin this discussion then of of channels by er pointing out the methods that have been used for studying channels , and for some of you who 've done the er neurophysiology course this will er be revision but nevertheless it will be pertinent to today 's discussion . |
6 | my granddad yeah , yeah but my granddad , he 's Scotch my other granddad was a German , me grandma were Jewish and I were born in London so let them fathom that out . |
7 | So let us examine this problem of ‘ force feeding ’ more closely . |
8 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
9 | ‘ Here pet , better let me take some of your things . ’ |
10 | I du n no , right let me do this and then I 'll have a look I mean I 've got to do this because I 'm not sure of it , |
11 | Right let me have another |
12 | Hang on let me do that again that 's good that is n't it ? |
13 | Right I 'll put some more on in a moment , hold on let me do this little bit |
14 | Oh go on let me have some . |
15 | Just let me switch this thing off cos they do n't want to hear our piano lesson do they ? |
16 | When it , just let me grab this cat . |
17 | Anyway er I went out and I shut the gates and just let them know that you know , they 'd sort of I wa I was checking |
18 | Staring down , he said , ‘ We 're not letting you escape this time , you freak of nature . |
19 | Th this company must be in a bloody sight worse a mess than we thought and the government are not letting us know this is what they 're look for are scapegoats and they they 're . |
20 | Er Moderator you 'll probably not let me speak either |
21 | Sh that th the people were willing to make promises that they did not wish to keep that they would not keep and I in all sincerity could not let them do that , and they went away extremely hurt and that particular situation unfortunately became extremely tragic later on . |
22 | She even very kindly offered to attend to things , but I would not let her do that because I knew I had to face up to my responsibilities . |
23 | ‘ Ye 'd better not let her hear that . ’ |
24 | Do not let anyone stamp either of those out . ’ |
25 | ‘ We have managed to keep relations very harmonious for many years and we will not let anything disrupt that harmony , ’ he said . |
26 | The white missionary before you would not let us have this ceremony , said Joseph . |
27 | She shut her mind to the fact that the pig was a living thing and as she drew the knife across its throat , she told herself that she would not let herself get this attached to any future pigs . |
28 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
29 | Let me let me just let me get this pack out for you to take away . |
30 | It 's a very difficult one I think in a game that probably they 'd just let you do that . |