Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [pron] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been struggling with tears for some time and now I let them flow freely . |
| 2 | No , well no I let them go though . |
| 3 | I let him stay here because of you . |
| 4 | no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again |
| 5 | This he had turned into what looked like a camera shop and I let him get well ahead before starting my take-off . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's begun to be difficult about going to bed , so I let her sleep there . ’ |
| 7 | . She said when she comes to kiss me good goodnight I let her kiss here but she said I ca n't have her cuddling me or she said I think of him all the time . |
| 8 | For my own reasons , I let you go ahead with your despicable plans . |
| 9 | ‘ If you had n't known before , it must surely have occurred to you then , that it was a measure of my besottedness that I let you get away with it . ’ |
| 10 | It will be more than my life 's worth if I let you get away again . ’ |
| 11 | On some days when it looks good and I let it dry naturally it goes curly . |
| 12 | Unless — ’ I let it hang there . |
| 13 | If I let it run away with me , it might , you know |
| 14 | If Madreidetic 's anything like as unpleasant as their language , why should I let them get away with piracy ? |
| 15 | ‘ If ye let me go now , ’ Anton said , ‘ I wo n't tell anybody . ’ |
| 16 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 17 | She let him know also that she was a virgin and wanted to save it for someone special . |
| 18 | She let him get away with it . |
| 19 | Then she let it drop again . |
| 20 | Her hand reached up to smooth her already immaculate hair before she let it drop abruptly when she saw the amusement on his face . |
| 21 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 22 | Sometimes she piled it up , sometimes she pulled it forward in a fringe , and sometimes she let it hang straight , like her mother 's . |
| 23 | She had had enough of the blackout and the bombing and the shortages , and if she let herself think too much about the invasion she would become quite ill . |
| 24 | If she let herself believe even a word of that then she would be just as bad as they were ! |
| 25 | ‘ How come you let him have so much scrump ? ’ |
| 26 | You mean you let him get away ? ’ |
| 27 | I imagined you let her go away with Steve because you … you thought she would finally get him out of her system , and you did say that you were certain she would return as you had something precious that Steve had n't got . |
| 28 | ‘ You let her go there on her own , through the market and across Bligh 's Corner ? |
| 29 | ‘ OK , sir , ’ replied the boy , ‘ if you let me telephone home my mother will fax it to you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She calmed him down and said : ‘ If you let me go outside I 'll get the keys ’ . |