Example sentences of "let [pron] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her . |
| 2 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 3 | ‘ He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it . |
| 4 | Elizabeth had let him wear a gold chain of hers round his neck . |
| 5 | ‘ He would say she had never even let him buy a sock , before . |
| 6 | Out of the kindness of his heart he had let him have a job in his shoe repair shop . |
| 7 | She let him suffer a bit longer , then said : ‘ You and Sabine had a row , I heard it . |
| 8 | He is still very young and has only played for one season ( Wilko let him do a degree first , a 1st in chemisty ) . |
| 9 | Slowly , in spite of their enmity , the women of the castle let her make a place for herself among them . |
| 10 | In summer he let her cut a bunch of flowers at the end of the morning , to take home for the table . |
| 11 | There 's nothing that drastically bad in behaving that way , but you 've let it become a habit , one that you ca n't break out of very easily . |
| 12 | These models have just arrived in the country , and the Bass Centre have let us grab a look at them at very short notice . |
| 13 | If there are those in our party who approach this subject in a niggling , grudging spirit , who would have to have forced out of their reluctant hands one concession after another , if they be a majority , in God 's name let them choose a man to lead them . |
| 14 | let them pull a cow collar , wi it was what they call cow collar learn , the way to learn them . |
| 15 | Let them commission a research team to examine the phrase in all the languages of the world , to see how it varies , to discover what its sounds denote to those who hear them , to find out if the measure of happiness changes according to the richness of the phrasing . |
| 16 | ‘ You let them learn a lot of experience through themselves , ’ one of the older officers said . |
| 17 | Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours . |
| 18 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |
| 19 | You 'd people think it 's easy let them have a go at it . |
| 20 | Well , let them have a go at you , you do n't have to do what they say . |
| 21 | We 'll eat stra virtually fairly soon and then let them have a look at them . |
| 22 | Let them have a prospectus to take away with them and if they have already decided to bring their child to your school take the minimum of details at this stage . |
| 23 | And then Mr erm oh let me watch a Queen video . |
| 24 | Let me present a medley of these edifying yarns . |
| 25 | Chantal said : ‘ Let me telephone a friend of my father . |
| 26 | All right , let me suggest a possibility . |
| 27 | They let me wear a maternity dress then , because I had n't worn one up till then . |
| 28 | Let me make a toast . |
| 29 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 30 | If you do , let me strike a deal with you straight away . |