Example sentences of "[adv] let [pers pn] [vb infin] [pos pn] own " 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 | ‘ Now let me have your own passports and anything that might give a clue to your true identities . ’ |
| 6 | They had not even let her keep her own loneliness but had intruded on it . |
| 7 | 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 ! ! ! ! ’ ) . |
| 8 | He wo n't even let you have your own name ! ’ |
| 9 | BANNED : George Lazenby says insurers would n't let him do his own Bond stunts |
| 10 | I could n't let her have her own way every time , however , otherwise she 'd end up training me ! |