Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [adv] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you feel that I always let you follow yours , because , darling , your opinion on things affecting you and me , or either of us , I think important above all … you 're a bright star to march upon , and I 'm setting a steady pace . |
| 2 | ‘ The greens have dared to move much nearer to blue than I ever let her go , I put my signature through that blue patch to diminish the effect . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I read that Malcolm had a plan , so I just let him get on with it . |
| 4 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 5 | I could not stop them , so I rather let them get on with it … |
| 6 | Deborah also doubted Sebastian , although she never let it show , or hoped she did not let it show . |
| 7 | It was hard , travelling home in that bus , and surrounded by the immense , evident , and varied liberties of people and land , to believe in the small impossibilities of her own home , and she felt , as she so frequently felt , the will to believe it to be different : the truth was too grotesque and too unnatural , and her hopes were so strong that she carelessly let them wander a little , giving them a little leeway , letting them sniff and pry and explore . |
| 8 | ‘ All I ask of you is that you please let me go . ’ |
| 9 | I was of no fixed abode , but I 'd finished my time so they still let me go . |
| 10 | It was well-known that he never let himself become excited by rumour or danger . |
| 11 | it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back |
| 12 | Oh it was funny with Alison when I first saw her on when she was still a terrible state she let it all out in a great scream and I just let her talk and talk and talk |
| 13 | I mean Aunty Mary , well I do n't given up talking to her she 'd she says bus and I just let it go . |
| 14 | I said a bit , and I never let him know , I thought I 'll wait a little bit until he go so he says to me , he says I bet you do n't know why they put the damper in just before they 'd put the , bring the ball out do you ? |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Fifty quid if you just let him go ! ’ |
| 17 | Then a negotiation could be conducted along the lines ‘ You take my opium — I take your Islands in return — we are therefore Quits , — & thenceforth if you please let us live in friendly Communion and good fellowship ’ ( Jardine to Palmerston , 5 December 1839 ) . |
| 18 | Weeds are much easier to control if you never let them become established . |
| 19 | I guess well not really , I erm , I try to make people welcome , and they usually let me know if they 're coming and then I 'm prepared . |
| 20 | He had one and he just let it run across his hand , a big hairy one , just let it run across his hand , all up his arm , playing with it and people think I 'm sick for having pet rats ! |
| 21 | You could never fool him with a note and he never let you get away with anything . ’ |
| 22 | There were moments when I did get upset by it , but I never let her see it . |
| 23 | She said : ‘ They knew what I was doing , but they just let me carry on . ’ |
| 24 | It took weeks of winning his trust before he finally let us film his operation . |
| 25 | When they eventually let him go , he paused and spat deliberately , sideways into the grass . |
| 26 | When he finally let her go she was still speechless — and trembling violently . |