Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we should n't of , mum we should n't of , you should n't let me take cos I had erm |
| 2 | The young man faltered , but managed , ‘ If you 'll only let me show you — ’ |
| 3 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 4 | As I think he might not let me have my half-hour in midmorning if he let me go out earlier , I do n't insist . ) |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 6 | And if you 'll just let me handle it , I also know exactly how you can get everything you want . |
| 7 | ‘ If yer 'll just let me play a tune I 'll give yer me penny . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm going to ask you if you 'll kindly let me borrow that . ’ |
| 9 | And now they 'll never let me go . |
| 10 | But they 'll never let me leave . |
| 11 | You 'll never let me have a pet will you ? |
| 12 | They 'll never let me join their gang now . ’ |
| 13 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 14 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 15 | ‘ Ace , if you 'd only let me explain ! |
| 16 | ‘ If you 'd just let me finish before diving in to protect your honour you might find it was n't actually endangered , ’ Luke retorted with dangerous mildness . |
| 17 | ‘ They might have happened by now if you 'd just let me see this … opera , TV series , pop-up-book , whatever the hell it is ; and if you 'd let me talk to a few people . |
| 18 | After we had the second child we had the rows , he 'd not let me go to her when she cried . |
| 19 | She got up , went over to their table with the half-smoked stub , and said in her best BBC voice : " Excuse me , but I wonder whether you could possibly let me have a light ? |
| 20 | If you feel able to lend this item , therefore , perhaps you could also let me know the value that you would place on it . |
| 21 | You could n't let me have a little milk ? |
| 22 | You said you 'd never let me go . |
| 23 | Dare not let me stir . |
| 24 | And if she would only let me have Annie round ’ — his thumb was wagging again — ‘ the place would be spotless . ’ |
| 25 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 26 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 27 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 28 | The parents would not let me leave home without them . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 30 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |