Example sentences of "and let [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you really have stood by and let him go free ? ’ |
| 2 | They thought that my father was a bad parent because he dressed Eric in girl 's clothes and let him run wild , and my mother let them take him because she did n't like children in general and Eric in particular ; she thought he was bad for her karma in some way . |
| 3 | Then call Meany on 051 7092714 and let him know all about it . |
| 4 | Finally , on the day that I 'd promised to ring the breeder back and let him know one way or the other , a miracle happened — one of those strokes of luck that seem to come along when you least expect them to . |
| 5 | It was the start of nearly 50 years hanging bells in churches across the country , so when the 6 at St Thomas 's in Oxford needed repairing , he told parishioners to ring the changes and let him install 4 extra ones . |
| 6 | Confused , she went after him down the winding stairs into the kitchen and let him organise hot drinks . |
| 7 | I 'm going to call them , show them the letter , and let them sort this out . ’ |
| 8 | We should approach the white public school middle class networks in the business world and let them deliver some money . |
| 9 | It 's much better to give them two and one and let them make four . |
| 10 | I 'm not going to sit still and let them do that to me . |
| 11 | Beat all these together with a whisk , till all appeareth converted into froth , and let them stand all night . |
| 12 | In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race . |
| 13 | I says , they have a hotel there , so I brought them up to the hotel and took them , he went in and he made arrangements to stay there and then I took them over and let them see this lake dwell this crannagh as they call it . |
| 14 | Come , Gertrude , we 'll call up our wisest friends and let them know both what we mean to do … |
| 15 | And let me mention this . |
| 16 | Shut up , and let me watch this play . " |
| 17 | In the middle of our talk I began to speak as if to some demon , telling him to hold his tongue and not interrupt my talk , and let me serve these gentlemen for it was already late . |
| 18 | ‘ I think I am being very reasonable , and let me make one thing quite clear . |
| 19 | ‘ Stand up a minute , Christopher , and let me measure this . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And this may be your villa , and your bed , but if you had the minutest atom of good manners or breeding you 'd get out of here right now and let me get some clothes on ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If I use my own money to buy a plough , will you supply the horses and let me spend two or three days a week hiring out to those with new lands ? |
| 22 | And let me assist such reflections by reporting that a gifted and earnest English poet of thirty-two , whom I met this very summer , not only confessed that he had never read through Basil Bunting 's Briggflatts , but quite plainly saw no reason why he ever should . |
| 23 | In addition to that you get depreciation of one thousand one hundred and forty four pound per year which , by my reckoning is ninety five pound a month in addition to that , as a Methodist Minister you get a standing charge of five hundred and twenty eight pound per year which is forty four pound pe er , per month and then you also through i in the year if you have a major repair needed on your car you get a hundred and eight pound now , if in fact , I had , I have a Vauxhall Nova , and let me take these figures as you are at twenty four P a mile , or twenty four point five P a mile and if that 's all we are recommended , recommending , in other words , there 's no lump sum at all er , that would mean that I would be getting forty nine pound but Methodist , this colleague in Llandudno if he did |
| 24 | And let us help each other get this thing into perspective or it 's going to ruin our collaboration . ’ |
| 25 | " Fill your Sillabub pot half full with sider , and good store of sugar , and a little nutmeg , stir it well together , and put in as much cream by two or three spoonfuls at a time , as hard as you can , as though you milk it in ; then stir it together very softly once about , and let it stand two hours before you eat it , for the standing makes it curd . " |
| 26 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 27 | This is an attempt to loosen up your mind and let it accept alternative ideas . |
| 28 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
| 29 | This stage of training an owl is much more difficult than doing the same stage with a falcon , because with a falcon you just stick a hood over its head and let it get used to all the different noises . |
| 30 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |