Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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1 | So let me tell my tale . |
2 | In a book of this length it is n't possible to cover everything , so let me declare my hand right away : what interests me most is the brain . |
3 | So let me have your queries regarding these machines as well . |
4 | He slips his hand inside the unzipped top of his jogger suit and withdraws it enough to let me see his gun . |
5 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better let me have your name . ’ |
6 | You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’ |
7 | He would just gently let me know his opinion . |
8 | When Malpass did emerge , only a few seconds after the shots , it was dramatic enough to make me forget my churning stomach . |
9 | The armed men eventually let me retrieve my bag and notebook — my money had been taken — and remain in the lobby . |
10 | Oh look at that , I love birthdays on a badge , to Aunty Dot , hope your birthday is lots of fun for you , filled with many of , happy things and nice surprises too , right let me wear me badge I love birthdays there we go that can stand up somewhere , I do n't know where , we 're running out of space |
11 | Right let me collect your ideas on this then , erm would you like to tell me what you 've written please ? |
12 | You just made me kick my ankle and it really hurt . |
13 | No logical reason , he wrote , but that will not make me change my plans once I have begun . |
14 | It can not make me change my mind , so if you intend using it use it and shoot me now . |
15 | But for that I need Wealth , O Lord , I confess it : without it I am worthless ; just let me get my hands on it and I will be an ornament to Your name . ’ |
16 | Just let me get my raincoat . ’ |
17 | ‘ Why not just let me take my chance ? |
18 | Just let me brush your hair back and put on this Alice band . |
19 | ‘ Why do you not let me take my participation a stage further ? ’ |
20 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
21 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
22 | Er well you 've totally made me miss my train of thought ! |
23 | David hardly paints for sale any more — it 's opera , camera , fax and camcord , which hardly helps me pay my rent , and Frank Stella , whose work I admire more than anyone 's , makes these enormous aluminium , what I call floor reliefs , that are very hard to sell . |
24 | I mimicked his slow accent , and the mimicry made him turn and stare at me , and the look on his face instantly made me regret my mimicry . |
25 | ‘ The people that probably helped me fail my geography , they 've left … well , they made a continual noise , stopped progress , you know . |
26 | As I rolled to the ground the stink came with me , from the greenish-black stains on my boots , nearly making me lose my breakfast . |
27 | That really helped me believe my fantasy world . ’ |
28 | Now let me get your supper ready , both of you ! ’ |
29 | ‘ Now let me have your own passports and anything that might give a clue to your true identities . ’ |
30 | ‘ Now let me read your palm . ’ |