Example sentences of "and let [pron] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew he was fobbing her off , but she accepted it ; she was willing to sit in the back seat and let him do the driving . |
| 2 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 3 | " For pity 's sake be still and let him get a word in edgeways . " |
| 4 | Yeah so er I 'll give him notes this time I think , and let him put the meat on the bone |
| 5 | Muldoon nervously introduced the plan , saying that as Fred Klepner had been over on special assignment from Detroit to help Mark in the final preparation of the Plan and the presentation , he would hand over to Fred and let him take the committee through the proposals . |
| 6 | Jane Clark , 50 , said : ‘ I can no longer stand idly by and let him take the blame . ’ |
| 7 | I found one of the drummers and let him have a tape and he loved it . |
| 8 | It would n't have occurred to you to leave Adam in peace and let him have a well-deserved weekend off , would it ? |
| 9 | He said : ‘ Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break . |
| 10 | In the end I had to get it down and let him have a sniff before he . |
| 11 | So after that visit to Bristol , when I went to my little chapel on that bald knoll , I first called up the white healing ball and rolled it around every part of my anatomy , then I called up my archers and let them shine the beams of their torches down onto the spot in my lung . |
| 12 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 13 | Too often in the past , he said , politicians had been bamboozled by specialists into believing that the problems were so great that the answer was to set up bodies like the UGC and let them make the decisions . |
| 14 | When Hazlitt and Coleridge visited Alfoxden the following day , Wordsworth was away from home ; but Dorothy provided them with a ‘ frugal repast ’ and let them see the now-abundant manuscripts intended for the Lyrical Ballads . |
| 15 | The agency 's own staff gave water and blankets to hunger strikers and let them use the office telephone . |
| 16 | If you become pregnant you should tell your Social Security office and let them know the date your baby is due , so that you can get tokens for seven pints or eight half-litres of milk each week for yourself until your baby is born . |
| 17 | We would issue slides to PS staff and let them run the charging system themselves . |
| 18 | Usually , I know exactly what I want , but it is much better if you can get other people to do it and let them take the credit . |
| 19 | It 's as if everyone else had given up and the Government then said , ‘ Oh , give the workers some money and let them have a go . ’ |
| 20 | Then eject her from the taxi , propel her on to its bonnet , and let her do the business from Singin' in the Rain . |
| 21 | If , for whatever reason , a husband initially commands higher rates of pay than his wife it makes economic sense for him to ‘ specialize ’ in paid work and let her shoulder the brunt of the partnership 's unpaid chores ( Becker , 1981 , 1985 ; for a critique see Owen , 1987 ) . |
| 22 | He parked two hundred yards from the precipice and let her walk the rest . |
| 23 | ‘ And let everybody know the reason ? |
| 24 | Uncover the loaf and let everyone admire the bread . |
| 25 | Now , for God 's sake , go to bed , and let me do the same . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Now for heaven 's sake get some sleep — and let me do the same ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Let's say that he should have come to me first , ’ George said in a heavy , measured tone , ‘ and let me sort the whole thing out . |
| 28 | Come here , cara , and let me get a closer look . ’ |
| 29 | Just shut up and let me get the fuck on with it . |
| 30 | ‘ Chris , great to see you , and let me introduce the lovely Lindy . |