Example sentences of "letting them [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England .
2 Yes I know , you can get somebody else to do that , be there for months and they do n't turn up at once , that was erm , I did n't realize they had to turn up at once , so I was letting them throw whenever they wanted
3 Often innkeepers will make exceptional arrangements for such persons as a gesture of goodwill ( e.g. letting them sleep in the lounge ) , but they can not legally be required to do so .
4 We provide rich sensory experiences — wrapping them in soft towels , letting them squelch in mud or helping them identify different tastes or the sound and smells of the countryside .
5 Donald felt the pressure from her and stared from one to the other , letting them feel his defiance and distaste .
6 A decision will then be taken on letting them stay longer .
7 ‘ You mean you 're letting them stay ? ’ asked Pam , surprised .
8 Neither Croatia nor Slovenia could afford to bribe Serbia into letting them go .
9 This is the normal way of gradually and painfully realising fully that a loved companion has gone , never to return : recognising what has happened and letting them go .
10 They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge .
11 These guidelines shape who we are , our beliefs , values and attitudes , and we are understandably terrified of letting them go , whether we react in compliance with them or against them .
12 Middle managers are clearly at risk if Drucker is right , and thought should be given to whether ‘ letting them go ’ in large numbers is in the organization 's longer term interest .
13 I wish people would stop buying helium balloons and letting them go .
14 One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher .
15 It would be a case of opening the gates thankfully , and letting them pour out and disperse over the neighbouring villages as they would .
16 Your writers allow their subjects full throttle , letting them shine through the pages as the great characters they have become ( witness Marwood Yeatman , Sheila Kitzinger et al ) .
17 A guard moved back , letting them pass , the door hissing open at their approach .
18 And forced as she was by circumstances to bring her own dirty and vicious brood to work with her , she took a great pleasure in letting them loose on the two youngest Milligans , deliberately ignoring their torments and teases .
19 letting them feed and play in the nest doorway .
20 As long as you hold yourself well and do n't embarrass people by letting them think , ‘ Oh he 's so thick ’ or ‘ his ways are so silly ’ , you 're all right .
21 It proposes packing foundation boards with regional cultural and professional bigwigs , in fixed proportions to local politicians , and letting them choose the savings-bank bosses .
22 At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace .
23 He lifted his hands in a helpless gesture , then , letting them drop , he picked up the next chart .
24 Not surprising , if you 're in the habit of picking up strange young men on canal boats and letting them cuddle you ! ’
25 Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close .
26 I give them a hot mash too , as well as letting them scratch about here , we cook up all the scraps in the kitchen .
27 But there 's nothing wrong with challenging people on a personal level and letting them make the choices … ’
28 Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own .
29 I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me .
30 ‘ He has a very good team here and he would be better off letting them do his talking for him . ’
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