Example sentences of "[conj] you [adv] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ All I ask of you is that you please let me go . ’
2 ‘ 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 . ’
3 ‘ Fifty quid if you just let him go ! ’
4 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 ) .
5 Weeds are much easier to control if you never let them become established .
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