Example sentences of "let [pron] [vb infin] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sara wished she had not been so petty when Fairfax had called , and had let him go on thinking it was Matthew 's old family house . |
| 2 | I gave him a fair price for it , and I have let him carry on trading in smack . ’ |
| 3 | For a really cheap and cheerful gathering of friends you could do worse than invest in a fondue set and a plastic tablecloth and let everyone sit around dipping their bread into the cheese fondue , while holding a glass of nice wine in the other hand . |
| 4 | Let them go on thinking of you as una paloma . |
| 5 | In the end , I simply let them go on thinking what they wanted to think . ’ |
| 6 | But there is a sense in which , because people are living longer , er we tend to think , ‘ well , let them go on working ’ . |
| 7 | Oh bless them , and let them keep on doing it . |
| 8 | Really what we 're doing after are they prepared to talk about it if when you by consent let me carry on talking when you do n't have a leading question . |
| 9 | ‘ You let me go on believing that you were one of their crew , ’ she persisted heatedly , provoked by his bland unconcern . |
| 10 | I do n't want to feel , let me push down thinking by eating . |
| 11 | They just let you go on buying on the never-never . |
| 12 | I admit I let you go on believing … but that was before — ’ |
| 13 | And , scornfully , ‘ Because you were obviously terrified of unattached women , I let you go on thinking … |
| 14 | If I let you wander off killing people all over the place — ‘ |
| 15 | Well I let her carry on singing . |
| 16 | ‘ So instead of letting me finish it , you let her carry on giving me the runaround . ’ |
| 17 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 18 | For the second question and answer we did n't even bother to load the camera , though as a matter of courtesy , we let him carry on bawling . |
| 19 | Well i i and if it cried well you let it cry , you just let it go on crying until it was so tired it went to sleep . |
| 20 | I think the important thing is not to let them go away thinking , you know , oh , why did I bother , there 's obviously no point in carrying on with it . |
| 21 | But for the long term , for me to let her carry on thinking that way would be stupid , I 'd be starting another one all over again . |
| 22 | Worse , she had been prepared to let him go on using her , had he chosen to do so . |
| 23 | She looked back at him now , at the handsome , sculpted face , and was aware of a sudden inexplicable urge to let him go on believing that she was married . |
| 24 | She was unsure now why she had decided to let him go on believing that , and she felt torn by a sudden desire to tell him the truth . |
| 25 | It seemed pointless to let him go on reproaching himself . |
| 26 | ‘ Could n't you discourage the poor chap , ’ Eleanor Fuller said to her one day , ‘ instead of sitting back and letting him moon around hoping your tyres need pumping up . |
| 27 | And the designers have built in reassuring similarities to the products you know and love , such as the ‘ Lotus Classic ’ menu option in Lotus for Windows , which lets you go on using the familiar ‘ / ’ method to bring up menus , until you get used to the state-of-the-art stuff . |
| 28 | " But how could you let me go on thinking you were dead ? |
| 29 | ‘ We ca n't let them go without doing something , ’ I said , thinking of poor Josef . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't let her go round damning that wretched girl and starting a vendetta . |