Example sentences of "let me [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’
2 There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business .
3 This will come out in the discussion , informally and formally during the course of the day , but let me hand over to my colleague , who will talk about the other side of the coin .
4 Let me carry on with this same erm position of John Major erm meeting the Russian president .
5 Let me shift out of third-person narrative .
6 Let me walk up with you .
7 You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life .
8 Let me blow out of the water some of the common misconceptions about negotiations .
9 Let me press on to the important subject of the council water charge which is set out in schedule 11 .
10 Her eyes closed , she turned her face away , released her hold on my cheekbones and let me go on into the hall .
11 Let me go back with you .
12 Let me go back to my earlier discussion of gravitational collapse .
13 Let me go back to er the inco er the sales file .
14 no , no , I was giving you an example to what would happen on the time scale , but let me go back to January nineteen eighty seven , if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven if the brochure was printed in January nineteen eighty seven and I went to buy in March , April , May nineteen eighty eight , the figures in the service charges would be out of date
15 The members are accountable and let me go back about the committees .
16 Let me go in with them , ’ he shouted .
17 PAMELA : [ terrified ] O pray sir , let me go out of your presence , I beseech you .
18 PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour .
19 Let me call in as assistant instructor none other than Mr Graham Greene , with the advice I have already mentioned from one of his books of autobiography .
20 ‘ Just let me jump out of the canoe for you , ’ she muttered through gritted teeth , returning to paddling with a new fury .
21 But just let me come back to the the point I want to make , it is it evident to us from what was said yesterday collectively by the District Councils , that they could live with the figure of forty one thousand two hundred , as proposed by the County Council , without a new settlement .
22 Er let me come back on that issue the er
23 Let me get up to our animal behaviourist here .
24 ‘ Please , Zack , let me get on to President Cormack personally .
25 Here 's your mother , now let me get on with the work . ’
26 They let me get on with my job and the only time I see them is to get things rubber-stamped . ’
27 Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me .
28 Stop jawing and let me get on with it .
29 ‘ Here — you run along and let me get on with it . ’
30 Self-satisfaction had given way to an impatience that said , as clearly as the words , ‘ If that 's the best you can do , stop wasting my time and let me get on with my work . ’
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