Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I let him leave first .
2 I let him sleep that night — and succeeding nights — with Montaine … .
3 I let him keep young ones for sentimental reasons since I do n't need them for practical purposes .
4 I let him get clear before I turned Armstrong around and cruised down Dwyer Street .
5 I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't .
6 I let him take several .
7 I let him have two rounds in the top of the head , just to be social .
8 I let him have that bike . ’
9 I let him sell some smack here , because it 's peanuts .
10 I let him read some of The Journal of a Fallen Angel , as a special treat .
11 and I let her have two loans
12 Sharon says : ‘ I do n't know why I let you do that .
13 ‘ I think it 's time I let you get some rest . ’
14 I let it go cheap .
15 Am I to let you do this to her ? ’
16 L let me let me do that .
17 Let me let me do that
18 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 ?
19 She let him talk dirty whenever he felt like it !
20 She let him tell Gentle that if he ever saw hide or hair of Gentle in the building again he 'd have him arrested as an accomplice to attempted murder .
21 It seems she let him run wild while she got on with her business — hate to think what that was — and he got nabbed by the police .
22 Then she let it fall open , and began to read immediately , as if she had known it , ‘ 'Why , [ Mrs Ramsay ] asked , pressing her chin on James ’ head , should they grow up so fast ?
23 She let us have two rooms but there was no visible staff , and the dining-room was closed : we ate , that evening , in a shabby bar in the middle of the town .
24 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 .
25 You let me sleep all day ? ’
26 You let me stay last year .
27 " I make the tree stand up , if you let me make some of them little colour things . "
28 You let me read that story you wrote for your class magazine : The Dragon 's Mouth .
29 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 .
30 One thing we learn years ago : you let them touch one of your people , and the floodgates open .
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