Example sentences of "have let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was doing alright myself , I should n't 've let him do it . |
| 2 | Kathleen , absolute brick to the end , has let me keep my season ticket for London so I 've still been able to pop down there during the day when I feel like it — and the rail staff at Colchester have been quite happy to let me have a break in my journey . |
| 3 | Let represents permission as non-intervention , i.e. as not obstructing the accomplishment of the event expressed by the infinitive , and so the letting can not be conceived as coming before the event permitted ( indeed one can not say that one has let someone do something until they have actually done it ) . |
| 4 | I would n't have let him give it to me . |
| 5 | If the Soviet Union had kept proper watch on Mr Castro , it would never have let him pull it into the missile crisis of 1962 . |
| 6 | If I had n't heard that whisper , I 'd have let him do what he wanted — anything he wanted — right here and now . |
| 7 | Wally will know , because the Profitboss would never have let him keep his job if he did n't . |
| 8 | ‘ I should have let him hit you properly ! ’ she snapped . |
| 9 | Phillis said , ‘ She would n't have let him touch me if she was here . ’ |
| 10 | Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ? |
| 11 | He really is so peculiarly helpless , and I could n't have let him take it home all by himself , could I ? |
| 12 | ‘ Otherwise ’ , she says , ‘ they would n't have let me do it . |
| 13 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 15 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 16 | ‘ You should have let me know you were coming earlier , I 'd have had a car waiting at the airport for you . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You should have let me kill him ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You should have let me nick them off him . ’ |
| 19 | He should never have let her talk him into letting her give hers first when they had been deciding how to handle this whole situation . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't have let her marry him if she had ! ’ declared Lady Merchiston . |
| 21 | Penry Vaughan 's irritation at being saddled with an unwelcome guest was understandable enough , but surely he could have let her know he 'd spoken to the police ! |
| 22 | None the less , he wrote , I should not have let her see it . |
| 23 | ‘ I should n't have let you do it . ’ |
| 24 | You prick , he said , I should never have let you take them up . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think he slipped , Mowbray would have been too careful , and I doubt he would have let someone push him off the parapet walk without a struggle . ’ |
| 26 | Ashamed of wanting her , ashamed of having let himself start their affair , Luke was no happier with it than she was . |
| 27 | we 'll have to let them catch you right at the right , where the music tells you too , dum , oh |
| 28 | You 'll have to let them know you 've been called up . ’ |
| 29 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 30 | If not you 'll have to let me buy you one . ’ |