Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I ca n't believe that I was really that desperate , that I let myself go that completely . |
2 | I let him sleep that night — and succeeding nights — with Montaine … . |
3 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |
4 | I let him take several . |
5 | I let him have that bike . ’ |
6 | I let him sell some smack here , because it 's peanuts . |
7 | ‘ I let him read some of The Journal of a Fallen Angel , as a special treat . |
8 | Sharon says : ‘ I do n't know why I let you do that . |
9 | ‘ I think it 's time I let you get some rest . ’ |
10 | Am I to let you do this to her ? ’ |
11 | L let me let me do that . |
12 | Let me let me do that |
13 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
14 | When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died . |
15 | I tried to help her see that if she let herself go enough to enjoy playing building bricks too , Nicola would n't feel the need to throw them around to get the attention she wanted . |
16 | ‘ You let me sleep all day ? ’ |
17 | " I make the tree stand up , if you let me make some of them little colour things . " |
18 | You let me read that story you wrote for your class magazine : The Dragon 's Mouth . |
19 | No , no , no , the longer you the longer you let something like that ride |
20 | I 'll have to call you spindle-shanks if you let yourself get any thinner ! ’ |
21 | If you can put yourself in the other person 's shoes and think about how they might feel , it will certainly help if you let them know that . |
22 | After all , he has shown enough confidence in you to let you organise this part of his company 's expenditure . |
23 | Why do you let them say these things ? ’ |
24 | Ah , daddy what on earth did you let him do that for dear ? |
25 | ‘ Why do you let him do this to me , Mum ? |
26 | How can you let him say such things about me , before so many ? |
27 | ‘ If someone threw a bomb at you and ran away , would you shoot him in the back , or would you let him get some more bombs and try again ? ’ |
28 | Why wo n't you let me do that ? |
29 | How could you let me do this to us ? |
30 | ‘ Er … — could you let me have that again ? ’ he asked quietly . |