Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The hospital asked me to let them know as soon as you were on your way . |
| 2 | ‘ He asked me to let him have his way with me . |
| 3 | ‘ The head asked me to let her know when you arrived . |
| 4 | I , I forgotten that it was Justine , I , it just threw me a bit that erm , erm , Nick asked me to let you know that we were here and that we 'd received the chairs . |
| 5 | ‘ I once caught her letting one eat his sandwiches in the library which , as you know , is strictly forbidden . ’ |
| 6 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 7 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He tells me he implored her to let him beg her release , but she refused . |
| 10 | I 've gone to the nuns and begged them to let me have a child , but they say ‘ You are a prostitute . |
| 11 | Her parents had sent her to the convent , and she begged them to let her become a Catholic after she 'd been there only a year . |
| 12 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 13 | So devastated were they when she announced that the term was due to end last week for a long Easter break that they begged her to let them continue . |
| 14 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
| 15 | I think my guards bribed him to let us pass . |
| 16 | Jenny 's daddy agreed with this when Jenny urged him to let her become a Brownie . |
| 17 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 18 | I made him let me walk in the cellar this morning . |
| 19 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
| 20 | She did , and the sudden flare of her eyes made him let her go . |
| 21 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 22 | ‘ When my mate asked him to let us finish our song he tried to shut the piano lid on his fingers — that could cause a musician some serious grief . ’ |
| 23 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 24 | When they nagged her to let them go , she conveyed to Kit he should allow it . |
| 25 | Why did I let him persuade me to do this ? |
| 26 | ‘ How did I let it happen ? |
| 27 | Ah , daddy what on earth did you let him do that for dear ? |
| 28 | Why did you let him do it ? |
| 29 | And where did you let him go ? |
| 30 | ‘ So why did you let her rush out of the restaurant and then let Steve follow ? |