Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [vb infin] like [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently . |
| 2 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 3 | Owen , equally alarmed , was content to let it rest like that while he tried to see a way through the likely complications . |
| 4 | But you did n't let me go like that ! |
| 5 | It seemed unbelievable that they would stand aside and let them leave like this . |
| 6 | ‘ You should n't let him bark like that . ’ |
| 7 | I was thinking , I should n't let him talk like this , he 's drawing a net round me . |
| 8 | You ca n't let him act like that ! ’ continued the other woman , and Agnes noticed that as she spoke she kept rapidly shaking her head from left to right and right to left , at the same time lifting her shoulders and eyebrows expressing indignant astonishment that someone had refused to respect her friend 's human rights . |
| 9 | But I ca n't let it happen like that , and whether they get him or not — and I doubt they will — I have to be there . |