Example sentences of "let [pron] [verb] [det] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of you have kindly let us know much more about yourselves by filling in the questionnaire in our November issue . |
| 2 | In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race . |
| 3 | Let me tape some more . |
| 4 | My Mum and Dad let me discover all this for myself . |
| 5 | ‘ Let me put that another way . |
| 6 | ( Artist 's heart now sinks at thought of fifteen-hour day on account of two ideas leading to twenty permutations of two-line scene : ‘ But Richard — ’ ‘ Yes , I know , but the thing is — er — let me put this another way ’ ( so far he has n't put it anyway ) — ‘ Look — ’ ( He freezes mid-pace , cocks his head as though listening to an external sound — which indeed he is — draws a deep breath through his nose , rolls up his eyes , turns down the corners of his mouth , then , forgetting to expel air because a new thought has struck him , he gasps : ) ‘ I 'll tell you what , right ? |
| 7 | Let me take some more examples . |
| 8 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |
| 9 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
| 10 | This distinction falls beautifully into place with the view of syntax which we sketched in Chapter 1 , but before explaining precisely how the two sorts of qualification work let us consider some more data from English . |
| 11 | ‘ Then let us initiate some more of it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I felt awful letting him walk all that way to the station last night . ’ |
| 14 | mm , oh do n't let me eat any more of these because there too sickly would n't you like a Jamaican rum truffle ? |
| 15 | I wonder if she 'd let me have some more straw and hay |
| 16 | Now do n't let me hear any more about it . |
| 17 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 18 | She could should n't let her have all that |
| 19 | ‘ Rosie did n't have any money and the man who supplies the stuff would n't let her have any more . |
| 20 | Do n't let him drink any more . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If someone threw a bomb at you and ran away , would you shoot him in the back , or would you let him get some more bombs and try again ? ’ |
| 22 | " You 'll let us have some more Propopamide , wo n't you , Herriot ? " |