Example sentences of "he [modal v] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And do you think he 'd let me have the children ? |
| 32 | As far as I 'm concerned , I went to Hector because I knew him and I knew he 'd let me have a boat cheaply , and I 've used it since then — since the fifteenth — for pleasure , and now to come over and look my people up . |
| 33 | ‘ I looked down and thought he 'd let me fall too . ’ |
| 34 | But er then there was erm a desk we had big stools and poor old was trying desperately to get me to add correctly you see , and he 'd he 'd let me add and then he 'd always find there was a mistake in it and he 'd try to tell me why . |
| 35 | and he said he 'd , he 'd let me know before Christmas if he can get me back on a Wednesday , but I 'm still taken on a Wednesday but my friend takes me in the car on a Wednesday but er I like to go in the ambulance you see really so er |
| 36 | She knew him too well to imagine he 'd let her get away easily , even when he learned there was money . |
| 37 | His hold on her had slackened slightly , but she did n't feel sure he 'd let her escape without an undignified fight , so she did n't push her luck . |
| 38 | Stopped me and told me he 'd let him go to St Francis Xavier 's . |
| 39 | He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool . |
| 40 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd let us go on using the park if you wrote and told him it was n't us who left the litter lying about , Guider . ’ |
| 41 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 42 | So he 'd let it go . |
| 43 | And if you were lucky , and you got a good farmer , he 'd let you take one o what we call roasters , home . |
| 44 | If he did n't like you , he 'd let you know it — just like he did with the drama teacher . |
| 45 | By right and custom , he himself and James here should be going back to the house for the reading of the will , but this very new Sir Joseph had made it evident yesterday that he wanted no reading done in the house and that he would let them know when he wanted the matter dealt with . |
| 46 | He looked full of himself but Cameron steered him across the street into the privacy of his store before he would let him talk . |
| 47 | From the time that I was about ten , I used to look forward to Mr. Golding 's visits , for sometimes on never-to-be-forgotten occasions he would let me go down into the cellar with him . |
| 48 | Perhaps he would let me go there . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ If I had a bit more pay , he would let me come to you , you would have to keep me in grub if I was an apprentice would n't you ? |
| 50 | It was the only way he would let me come . |
| 51 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 52 | When it was over , I asked him if he would let me have a drive and ride with me . |
| 53 | I wondered if he would let me turn the handle if I gave it to him . |
| 54 | Ariel began to communicate with the strangers in English ; she told Kit about the hot springs up the mountain , hoping he would let her go there . |
| 55 | But she seemed to fidget him ; he would let her stay for a while and then say , ‘ Run along , duckie , ca n't you see I 'm busy ? ’ |
| 56 | He told Mrs Avery that he would let her have a cheque by November 1st . |
| 57 | He said that was all , thank you , to Mrs Strawson , he would let her know the result of the smear , and he walked all the way back to the reception desk with her where her £40 fee was taken from her . |
| 58 | He would let it pass for now . |
| 59 | To think he would let it fold for the sake of enormous personal gain is , quite frankly , ludicrous . |
| 60 | Thomas was a tight old so-and-so , but even he would let it die now . |