Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Let me tape some more . |
| 3 | Yeah , let me eat this last piece of cheesecake then I can help you |
| 4 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Let me finish this first , please . |
| 7 | This consists of some different bits and pieces , so again let me go those first . |
| 8 | My Mum and Dad let me discover all this for myself . |
| 9 | Right I 'll put some more on in a moment , hold on let me do this little bit |
| 10 | Let me illustrate these three points together very briefly . |
| 11 | Hang on , let me save this first . |
| 12 | Let me get that right again John you said you keep hearing funny noises . |
| 13 | ‘ Let me get that straight . ’ |
| 14 | " Fiver , " he said , " let me get this right . |
| 15 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Pat , ’ he said , shaking his head in disbelief . |
| 16 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Mrs Shakespeare , ’ he said slowly . |
| 17 | ‘ Let me get this straight ; you 're going to model clothes for Roman ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Let me get this straight , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ Jenna said briskly , fighting down her own feelings before his renewed antagonism . |
| 19 | ‘ Let me get this straight . |
| 20 | ‘ Now , let me get this straight , ’ said Melissa . |
| 21 | It 's let me get this straight now |
| 22 | ‘ Let me get this clear . |
| 23 | ‘ Let me put that another way . |
| 24 | ( 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 ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Let me take some more examples . |
| 28 | Gerald 's mum 's got a deep fat fryer , let you borrow that first see how th , ah , what they 're like . |
| 29 | Let her make some splendid new beginning , let her start a new line ( in all but name ) . |
| 30 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |