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 . |