Example sentences of "let me [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let me tape some more . |
| 2 | Yeah , let me eat this last piece of cheesecake then I can help you |
| 3 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
| 4 | But as a corrective to the excitable Hugo , let me quote another great French writer of the nineteenth century , a formidably astringent one this time , who likewise tramped dutifully up to the Lac de Gaube : the novelist Gustave Flaubert . |
| 5 | Let me finish this first , please . |
| 6 | This consists of some different bits and pieces , so again let me go those first . |
| 7 | My Mum and Dad let me discover all this for myself . |
| 8 | Right I 'll put some more on in a moment , hold on let me do this little bit |
| 9 | Let me illustrate these three points together very briefly . |
| 10 | Hang on , let me save this first . |
| 11 | Let me get that right again John you said you keep hearing funny noises . |
| 12 | ‘ Let me get that straight . ’ |
| 13 | " Fiver , " he said , " let me get this right . |
| 14 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Pat , ’ he said , shaking his head in disbelief . |
| 15 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Mrs Shakespeare , ’ he said slowly . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me get this straight ; you 're going to model clothes for Roman ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ Jenna said briskly , fighting down her own feelings before his renewed antagonism . |
| 18 | ‘ Let me get this straight . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , let me get this straight , ’ said Melissa . |
| 20 | It 's let me get this straight now |
| 21 | ‘ Let me get this clear . |
| 22 | ‘ Let me put that another way . |
| 23 | ( 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 ? |
| 24 | Let me find some nice little girl , with someone else 's drink swilling inside her nice flat little belly , who 'll talk and talk and talk , and be nice to look at . |
| 25 | Lest I be accused of caricaturing the West Indian family 's approach to its child 's education , let me add some tempering comments from sportsmen who found their parents ' blend of discipline and encouragement satisfactory . |
| 26 | Let me take some more examples . |
| 27 | Okay Suzanne , now you had to slacken off the halyard to let me tie that last knot so if you could tighten it up again that will pull the sail up to the top of the mast . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish ! ’ |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | A preliminary agenda is enclosed and perhaps , in your response , you will let me have any other items you wish to have included . |