Example sentences of "let [pron] [vb infin] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , watching the thin , lemon beam of sun catch across the postman 's bicycle bars , she let herself think it unfair that her dear friend , Faith Lavender , should have died so suddenly and so much younger than the husk of a woman left in the next room . |
| 2 | At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china . |
| 3 | Every nerve filled with tingling life , she let him teach her new sensations , new feelings , totally passive under his expert touch , until she too began to know the need to feel his skin under her fingers . |
| 4 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 5 | I used to give him a pound whenever I met him : let no-one call me ungenerous . |
| 6 | Let them see his proud contempt ! |
| 7 | Let them play their flirtatious games . |
| 8 | Let the Americans play their closed shop Open and US PGA , let them have their biased cries and catcalls , but please let us remember sportsmanship and let the best man win . |
| 9 | They 'll be like a dog with a rag , tugging away at it , with growls and grunts till you loosen your hold and let them have their rightful trophy . |
| 10 | Let me beat my beloved saucebox , are you not a little sullen ? |
| 11 | ( Or groundsperson , as you quickly modified it to , though let me assure you grateful as I am for your awareness of the issues involved that I have no simplistic sensibilities to be offended in this area . ) |
| 12 | Let me give my hon. Friend a quote : ’ If our costs rise more rapidly than others ' costs , particularly German costs , then British producers lose markets at home and abroad . ’ |
| 13 | Let me make myself clear , Florence : at the first sign of trouble I am turning back . ’ |
| 14 | Let me make it clear . |
| 15 | Let me make it clear that my borough is willing to help . |
| 16 | First of all let me emphasize our common experience that most human relationships are asymmetrical . |
| 17 | ‘ Let me finish me super , my dear ’ |
| 18 | Let me shave your head boy . |
| 19 | ‘ Let me get it straight . |
| 20 | ROS : Let me get it straight . |
| 21 | Let me put it straight , sincere and blunt |
| 22 | But because he knew that I and my group would be careful he happily let me use his basic materials — boards , palettes , etc. — and we brought our own paints and dyes and drawing materials . |
| 23 | Well let me have your professional view . |
| 24 | Would you please read through the report and let me have your written comments . |
| 25 | . Let me stick me other bits and pieces |
| 26 | Come and let me see your lovely face . ’ |
| 27 | I let someone borrow my spare pencil , I let someone borrow my spare pencil |
| 28 | I let someone borrow my spare pencil , I let someone borrow my spare pencil |
| 29 | The local garden or allotment society may have access to good cheap muck ; stables sometimes let you take it free , but this will be steaming fresh and needs time , and space , to rot . |
| 30 | Let him shout himself hoarse out there , I 'd say , but there 's more . ’ |