Example sentences of "i let [pers pn] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | So I let them think it and played the game . ’ |
2 | I did n't want to but I was frightened they would think it was true , so I let them do it . |
3 | I was jealous and confused , so I let them twist me up — distort everything . |
4 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
5 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |
6 | I find some offences disgust me , Im let the guy know , but then I let them know I want to help them |
7 | So I let them bully me into taking them round . |
8 | I let him do it , but he did n't do it . |
9 | so erm , oh I let him sort it all out |
10 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
11 | I let him think it was mutual . " |
12 | I let him borrow it . |
13 | His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right . |
14 | Then , ‘ after a great deal more chit-chat I let him kiss me a tender goodnight on the doorstep with the promise to phone when he could and , gathering up my ermines , swept into the great portal . |
15 | I let him see me there bright and clear ! ’ |
16 | I let him see I was being very careful not to make any mistake with the .38 . |
17 | I let him have it to get rid of him . |
18 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
19 | ‘ I 'm beginning to be glad I let her talk me into coming . ’ |
20 | I let her do it all |
21 | I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent . |
22 | I let her take it … ’ |
23 | I let her get them out and offer me one before I shook my head . |
24 | This does n't mean I wo n't make her jump through a hoop or six before I let her know it : in the craft of dybbukry revenge and forgiveness are merely two sides of a single coin . |
25 | ‘ I let you think she was because I wanted to make you jealous . |
26 | I 'm sorry if I let you think I wanted to … ’ |
27 | Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’ |
28 | I do n't know why I let you annoy me this way . ’ |
29 | ‘ Meaning that I let you kiss me once I realised that was your intention , because I too thought that it would serve a purpose and stop Terry Lewis making any more waves . |
30 | I knew that if I let it go it would collapse on to a teapot and mugs still waiting to be cleared from the sideboard , which would confuse the situation still further . |