Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm going to ask you if you 'll kindly let me borrow that . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 3 | And if you 'll just let me handle it , I also know exactly how you can get everything you want . |
| 4 | You 'll never let me have a pet will you ? |
| 5 | The young man faltered , but managed , ‘ If you 'll only let me show you — ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If yer 'll just let me play a tune I 'll give yer me penny . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you 'd just let me finish before diving in to protect your honour you might find it was n't actually endangered , ’ Luke retorted with dangerous mildness . |
| 8 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
| 9 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 10 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 11 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 12 | If you feel able to lend this item , therefore , perhaps you could also let me know the value that you would place on it . |
| 13 | She got up , went over to their table with the half-smoked stub , and said in her best BBC voice : " Excuse me , but I wonder whether you could possibly let me have a light ? |
| 14 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 15 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do you know she would never let me speak to you on the phone ? |
| 17 | If you should ever want to go fishing , or maybe to take a look at the bird islands , you will just let me know ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you can just let me have a few details … |
| 19 | But they 'll never let me leave . |
| 20 | And now they 'll never let me go . |
| 21 | They 'll never let me join their gang now . ’ |
| 22 | If they can actually let me know whether that bus is available or not |
| 23 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 24 | He would never let me touch them , always cleaned them himself . |