Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] to let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
2 | Nutty could get Spot over the jumps but did not enjoy it , and Biddy refused to let them swap permanently . |
3 | Celia promised to let me know , but I have n't seen her for weeks . ’ |
4 | Mrs Zamzam agreed to let me photograph her and she sat a little unsteadily beside the wall of her home just in front of the cherry tree . |
5 | After a successful return the crowd again got at the youth and Chapman decided to let him go , ‘ though it meant sacrificing a player who , I was convinced , had exceptional possibilities of development ’ . |
6 | In the end , Coleman had to let it pass , although he contrived not to pay for the footage , and duly noted the DEA 's systematic corruption of the media in one of his back-channel reports to Donleavy . |
7 | But Huddersfield refused to let them coast . |
8 | Her eyes filled with tears of pain and shock , but Isabel refused to let them fall . |
9 | Venables ' initial bid to sign Sheri for £2million last week was put on ice because Forest boss Brian Clough refused to let him go until he found a replacement . |
10 | This thought , of why Jasper consented to let her sleep here , instead of going up to another room , or asking her to go , made her mind swirl , as if it — her mind was nauseous . |