Example sentences of "my [noun sg] let i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
2 | I still wanted to see more of the world , and as he was offering to give me double the usual pay , I managed to persuade my wife to let me go . |
3 | It was Ian who persuaded my father to let me go on to Cambridge , which I did a year after Ian . |
4 | well my Lord let me clarify and be quite clear |
5 | My Lord let me speak plainly , I introduced the topic of when he was recaptured , I asked nothing about what was . |
6 | erm my Lord let me deal with G first cos I , as |
7 | We 'd be sitting or standing watching the traffic go by , Dawn alternately flapping about desperately trying to get away and perching on my glove letting me stroke and soothe her . |
8 | Before the editors of trade magazines start sticking sub-editors ' spikes in my effigy let me explain that their publications perform a valuable function and are extremely interesting to their readers . |