Example sentences of "[be] [adj] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , no married woman could make a will without her husband 's consent , nor ( with trifling exceptions ) make any contract , except as agent either for her husband or for some other person : it would have been absurd to let her contract when she had no free property out of which she could pay . |
| 2 | Shelley did n't mind , but it would have been polite to let her know beforehand that she had to run two clinics instead of one . |
| 3 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 4 | This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first . |
| 5 | Worse , she had been prepared to let him go on using her , had he chosen to do so . |
| 6 | The father replied , ‘ I am prepared to let you have ( the child ) and pay you up to £1 a week allowance for her providing you can prove that she will be well looked after and happy and also that she is allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . ’ |
| 7 | I am content to let you form your own judgment of my character . |
| 8 | She had always been touched with religion , but as Rory had grown out of boyhood into his teens , she had been content to let him follow down his father 's road to politely concealed indifference . |
| 9 | But they 're prepared to let it stand as the prices are at the moment cos they 're under pressure . |
| 10 | You 're prepared to let it show . |
| 11 | ‘ You know you 're supposed to let them check her . ’ |
| 12 | Well they 're supposed to let you know are n't they if erm if you win ? |
| 13 | They 've got the address , they 're supposed to let you know when |
| 14 | So I du n no how long they 're supposed to let it go on , you know ? |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't think it might have been better to let her have her say out , ’ suggested Desmond , ‘ and get it off her chest ? |
| 16 | Aye , it seems I 'd have been better letting it run on the blooming thing . |
| 17 | Skiing spring snow is utterly euphoric if you are able to let yourself go . |
| 18 | Sometimes destruction of self-confidence is given in one fatal dose , enough to kill all enterprise unless you are able to let it bounce off you . |
| 19 | ‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . |
| 20 | Victorine cried out as soon as she saw them : that wretched child , I knew it would be hopeless letting her help , it 's too much , I 'll never be done in time . |
| 21 | ‘ If Herr Gesner is unhappy , perhaps it would be simpler to let him leave . ’ |
| 22 | It was not that she was weakening , she told herself , it would just be simpler to let him move the bureau . |
| 23 | I did n't say his manipulation of the accounts were n't serious — they are — but I 'm prepared to let them go if Garry toes the line . ’ |
| 24 | But if he really loved her he would have to be prepared to let her go . |
| 25 | Your parents must be prepared to let you do anything , + watch anything on T.V. etc. , + you must go out all the time with your friends . |
| 26 | Dr. Favor said , " What if I 'm willing to let him drive ? " |
| 27 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 28 | ‘ If you have n't already arranged something else , I know Con would be glad to let you have the wedding breakfast here in the Watermen , ’ she added . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd be glad to let you have it free , ’ he said , ‘ just to have somebody living in it again after all these years . |
| 30 | Even if Brady were able to sell one of several players who would be allowed to leave the club in response to a reasonable offer , Celtic 's bankers might be unwilling to let them use the money for the purchase of McGinlay or anybody else . |