Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The caterers need to know numbers in time to plan , and at an event like the Reunion with various groups it is important to know the balance — this year one class had only 22 people , while others were ‘ climbing up the walls ’ ( because two teachers with tickers in Group F had failed to let us know that the tickets were not sold ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 3 | Obliquely the Shah had agreed to let them start some planning ; it began just as he left for Egypt . |
| 4 | At least , things happened there ; it was obvious to Schaffer that his presence in Langstone was nothing more than the merest nod towards protocol , but Stoneley had refused to let him return and make the police withdrawal complete . |
| 5 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 6 | The obvious two are Kevin Keegan — he 'd be crap … he 's just a jumped up little Geordie who still has n't shown he can produce a really imaginative team ; and Glen Hoddle — now , hed be my choice … why ? because he 's young , has the respect of the players , would introduce the concept of playing football into the national team ( after all , if you look at the individual skill level of English players it 's as good as just about anywhere in the world … it 's just that managers have refused to let them play ) . |
| 7 | Well yeah but the beauty is now Arthur 's agreed to let us put it on pallets , we can start unloading the containers without the elevator . |
| 8 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 9 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |