Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Edgar will blame me for letting her go to your house . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He 'd sneer at you , him and his daughter , and at me for letting you go out so , and that I 'll not have ! |
| 3 | Philip was sick with himself for letting him go . |
| 4 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 5 | ‘ And his fellow directors do n't mind him just going off by himself without letting them know where he is ? |
| 6 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 7 | I forgive you for making me suffer , but how can I forgive you for dying ? ’ |
| 8 | Thank you for making me look a fool ? |
| 9 | ABBERLEY : Promise me not to — I could kill you for making me ask you that . |
| 10 | Thank you for letting me know . ’ |
| 11 | Thank you for letting me know where you stand , ’ Lucenzo said quietly . |
| 12 | Thank you for letting me know . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you for letting me see such a beautiful face ! ’ he said . |
| 14 | Thank you for letting me share the celebrations . |
| 15 | thank you for letting me get that top though I do n't know |
| 16 | He used to listen to his music all the time when he was not at college , so the opportunity to do something like this was like a homage to Hendrix , a thank you for letting him discover music . ’ |
| 17 | Thank you for your letter and thank you for letting us see your nine-volume Complete History of Wimbledon . |
| 18 | I ought never to have accused you of letting him die . |
| 19 | What are you like does it improve your hearing . |
| 20 | Now I can help you by letting you stay somewhere safe . ’ |
| 21 | She wants to be Violet Elizabeth Bott ; the screeching , lithping , secretly smart brat who hung around with the nice-but-dim lads until she annoyed them into letting her join the band . |
| 22 | Ironically , it is sometimes shortage of staff which prevents them from letting you go . |
| 23 | It came out without her thinking , and Folly cursed herself for letting him slip so easily past her guard . |
| 24 | Rage at a fate which prevented her from screaming and railing at him for so misjudging her , rage at him for playing this cat-and-mouse game with her , rage at herself for letting him get away with it . |
| 25 | Her voice was like thin sharp ice , but not cold enough to fully hide the pain , and she hated herself for letting him hear it . |
| 26 | ‘ It might take a letter a week to get to Germany , might n't it ? ’ said Mrs Fanshawe , taking her rings off and amusing herself by making them flash in the sunlight right into Nurse Rose 's eyes . |
| 27 | But biological weapons are unlikely to be much used on troops in combat , mainly because of the difficulties of getting the aerosols on to them without seeing them drift back on to those who released them . |
| 28 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 29 | She slept badly , with what sleep she did get punctuated with dreams where Barney was driving away in her car , and where Cara was blaming her for letting him take it . |
| 30 | Would they of let you go if you 'd passed ? |