Example sentences of "would let me " in BNC.

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1 I wish they 'd let me in .
2 SHE : I was going to say , if you 'd let me , that it was very hot before I got back .
3 ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’
4 She remembers how ‘ in the evenings we used to sit by the fire and grandma 'd let me comb her hair .
5 I wish you 'd let me cook something for you , what about an omelette ? ’
6 And do you think he 'd let me have the children ?
7 But I 'm sure she 'd let me have it , if only she could get rid of me .
8 If you wrote and invited me , I could show the letter to Mummy , and I 'm sure she 'd let me come , because she says I 'm Pale and will lose my looks
9 ‘ You mean you 'd let me be a kept woman ? ’
10 I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again .
11 ‘ He says there 's a place at Barraclough , if you 'd let me go next term . ’
12 She 'd let me get half-way close and then she would push me away .
13 ‘ I wish you 'd let me explain to Old Red .
14 As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up .
15 As a matter of fact , there was another sentiment which had begun to spread rather more widely than ‘ He got what he deserved ’ or ‘ I 'd do it with my own hands , if they 'd let me . ’
16 I 'd feel very privileged if you 'd let me see them . ’
17 You think the guys 'd let me ?
18 ‘ I wish they 'd let me have my telephone , ’ Elinor whispered .
19 Even when he was n't there he 'd let me stay on .
20 I would have loved you if you 'd let me .
21 ‘ I wish they 'd let me go . ’
22 And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden .
23 ‘ I wish you 'd let me look at it . ’
24 ‘ 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 .
25 ‘ If I told my therapist that , ’ said Scarlet , ‘ do you think she 'd let me go ? ’
26 I 'd be glad if you 'd let me know , because we , we want to know yet the numbers , and how many we 're going to get .
27 ‘ I wonder if you 'd let me have his address ? ’
28 Maybe you 'd let me rest my great face in the gentle bracket between the wings of your shoulderblades .
29 Sometimes I 'd go in and she 'd let me give the baby his bottle . ’
30 I 'm left staring at it with my adrenalin draining into the floorboards , and though I wish she 'd let me take them I find I 'm getting bored .
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