Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there are those in our party who approach this subject in a niggling , grudging spirit , who would have to have forced out of their reluctant hands one concession after another , if they be a majority , in God 's name let them choose a man to lead them . |
| 2 | let them pull a cow collar , wi it was what they call cow collar learn , the way to learn them . |
| 3 | Let them commission a research team to examine the phrase in all the languages of the world , to see how it varies , to discover what its sounds denote to those who hear them , to find out if the measure of happiness changes according to the richness of the phrasing . |
| 4 | ‘ You let them learn a lot of experience through themselves , ’ one of the older officers said . |
| 5 | Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | You 'd people think it 's easy let them have a go at it . |
| 8 | Well , let them have a go at you , you do n't have to do what they say . |
| 9 | We 'll eat stra virtually fairly soon and then let them have a look at them . |
| 10 | Let them have a prospectus to take away with them and if they have already decided to bring their child to your school take the minimum of details at this stage . |
| 11 | And then Mr erm oh let me watch a Queen video . |
| 12 | Let me present a medley of these edifying yarns . |
| 13 | Chantal said : ‘ Let me telephone a friend of my father . |
| 14 | All right , let me suggest a possibility . |
| 15 | They let me wear a maternity dress then , because I had n't worn one up till then . |
| 16 | Let me make a toast . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 18 | If you do , let me strike a deal with you straight away . |
| 19 | Let me think a moment . ’ |
| 20 | Let me think a moment … |
| 21 | I know that Robert Lowell got into terrible trouble for quoting private letters in his poetry , but all this happened abroad , so let me quote a phrase from it : ‘ The earthquake was awful . |
| 22 | and as for painting , he would no more let me touch a painting brush ! |
| 23 | I should never have come … just let me call a taxi and I wo n't bother you any more ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Let me call a doctor , Emily , ’ Charlotte said . |
| 25 | ‘ Mr Ludlow , let me test a theory on you . |
| 26 | loose them , let me get a dish |
| 27 | Let me get a couple of hours ’ sleep . |
| 28 | Let me put a cardigan on for you . |
| 29 | However , let me put a view which though not provable , is perhaps persuasive — even if persuasion is the lowest form of proof . |
| 30 | ‘ Let me put a sort of a hypothetical situation for you . |