Example sentences of "[adv] let [pers pn] [vb infin] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cats sleep a lot , so let them choose their own spots — instead of a cosy fireside , your two might prefer an old box on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 2 | This was a new Joan : another of these modern women with their new language and new dreams who could follow where she had led , if she were generous enough to let them fight their own battles . |
| 3 | You 'd better let me fight my own battle . ’ |
| 4 | Although she dislikes her father 's will — not to let her choose her own husband — she has no intention of rebelling against it . |
| 5 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 6 | If you look upon Art as a frill , it is pretty certain you are not letting it play its proper part in the school . |
| 7 | ‘ Now let me have your own passports and anything that might give a clue to your true identities . ’ |
| 8 | Then they to whom we prisoners were Said to us tauntingly , Now let us hear your Hebrew songs And pleasant melody . |
| 9 | I 've moved out to let them say their private good-nights . ’ |
| 10 | They had not even let her keep her own loneliness but had intruded on it . |
| 11 | Well let me have your professional view . |
| 12 | You can choose from shoals of them lazily circling in tanks near your table ; some restaurants even let you catch your own meal from a pond out the back of the premises ( ’ NO FISHING LICENSE REQUIRED ! ! ! ! ’ ) . |
| 13 | He wo n't even let you have your own name ! ’ |
| 14 | BANNED : George Lazenby says insurers would n't let him do his own Bond stunts |
| 15 | Fell in love with the Duke of Athens ’ sweet little widow , and tried to get rid of the Patriarch of Constantinople when he would n't let him divorce his first wife . |
| 16 | I could n't let her have her own way every time , however , otherwise she 'd end up training me ! |
| 17 | ‘ Sergeant Joe , Mum says as yer did n't let 'er treat yer earlier , would yer like a cup of tea and a slice of cake now ? ’ |
| 18 | Then let us join our clever halves to make a whole ! |
| 19 | You 'll have a phone call from there letting you know our estimated time of arrival . |
| 20 | But because he knew that I and my group would be careful he happily let me use his basic materials — boards , palettes , etc. — and we brought our own paints and dyes and drawing materials . |