Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] let we [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now going back into the Hebrew scriptures , you 'll find there that this sort of staying awake counsel , an idea was there long before the days of Jesus and the Apostles and people 's lives were involved in its state , even in those days , let's just let us have a look at one , Isaiah forty two eighteen to twenty now this terms it slightly different , but when you look at it and analyze it , you realize he 's talking about exactly the same thing , it 's regarding the nation of Israel who turned away from Jehovah , they were n't doing what they should be doing , or should 've been doing as he 's pleading with them look there , that look here , here you deaf ones , well we know the nation of Israel were n't all physically deaf , they were like we are , perhaps had a few deaf individuals amongst them , but |
| 2 | ‘ Lachlan 'll never let us hear the end of it if he clears them all out and us not with him — and we 've a week 's good behaviour to work off ! ’ |
| 3 | Well , if you 'd only let us know we 'd of |
| 4 | ‘ It could be something quite slight and they 'd still let us know officially . |
| 5 | We had to go in there several times when I was little and mother was sick , and they 'd never let us stay together , so anything could have happened . ’ |
| 6 | Well me dad 'd never let us stand outside pubs or anywhere you know . |
| 7 | We were allowed in there once a day , although the guards would normally let us go again if we were desperate . |
| 8 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 9 | " But the marchioness will never let us have him . |