Example sentences of "he [modal v] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 2 | He may let you do everything you ask : use a gun , use dogs , use nets , come and go as you please — and retain all the rabbits you kill totally without cost . |
| 3 | I suggested that he should let me write a version of the press telegram in a more discreet way , trying to keep the reporter 's expectations and hopes . |
| 4 | Gillian would have told , perhaps he should let her know , she would pass it on . |
| 5 | She told him if he could not face her and the baby , he must let them leave this place . |
| 6 | He must let her cry herself out . |
| 7 | If Mr Jackson sees me all grown up , then maybe he 'll let me stay here . |
| 8 | So , whatever Mr Jones has up his sleeve , he 'll let it slide out one of these days and it wo n't make the slightest difference to me . ’ |
| 9 | I thought to myself : Sit this one out , he 'll let it lie . |
| 10 | Then perhaps he 'll let you go home in the morning . ’ |
| 11 | Your here as long as he 'll let you stay |
| 12 | Rob 's assured us that he 'll let you know where in your area you can pick one up so you can wave bye bye to ‘ Syntax error ’ , and say hello to ‘ Now loading please wait ’ ! |
| 13 | He 'll let you know when coming round . |
| 14 | ‘ He may not be able to get round immediately , but he 'll let us know as soon as he can . |
| 15 | So he 'll let us know when . |
| 16 | it 'll be funny Mr knows about it , he might let me record the lessons that 'll be quite good |
| 17 | And one day Uncle Edouard said he might let me work on the Aston Martin . |
| 18 | Then just possibly — there were no guarantees with this sort of investment — he might let her have a child in return , if only to give him someone to abuse when they both got older . |
| 19 | Then he might let us have the loft ! ’ |
| 20 | After a pause for thought she told Dad that he must go and ask the Captain if he could let them have some cups and saucers and whatever else was available , even if they could not have the hall . |
| 21 | It was the only way he could let me know what had happened to him . |
| 22 | At any moment he could let me fall , and we were at least three hundred metres above the ground . |
| 23 | That he could let her go so easily was the final damning proof that his interest in her had been prompted by solely mercenary considerations . |
| 24 | Or anything you need for Monday he could let him kn , he could let you know . |
| 25 | He could let us have some from St Anthony 's . ’ |
| 26 | And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden . |
| 27 | Oh , if only he 'd let me go with him ! ’ |
| 28 | When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it |
| 29 | When I was a trainee my deputy fresh foods went it with me , and like he 'd sit there and he 'd say right this is how you do it at first and then he 'd let me do some and well I 'd do them and he 'd say why have you done that and I 'd tell him and then he 'd let me do it |
| 30 | Even when he was n't there he 'd let me stay on . |