Example sentences of "to let [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 2 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 3 | I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’ |
| 4 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
| 5 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He refused to let them return in the New Year to London , ’ she said . |
| 7 | If the client refuses to let them communicate with the auditors , then they should turn the job down . |
| 8 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 9 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 10 | I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ . |
| 11 | In fact my chain was just long enough to let me get into the tiny bathroom , two feet from my mattress , to use the toilet . |
| 12 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 13 | Weight Watchers from Heinz mayonnaise and salad dressing have all the traditional flavour , but to let you delve into a jar more often we 've simply taken out half the fat . |
| 14 | After the program has finished it displays the ‘ Press any key ’ message to let you return to the editing screen . |
| 15 | This is accompanied by a status LED , to let you know at a glance what you 've selected . |
| 16 | I want to let you know about a study we have initiated on the usual basis of ( almost ) nil funds — hence we ca n't offer you a lucrative contract ! |
| 17 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
| 18 | So she begged Jack to let her go for a swim , as it was so hot that day , out to the reef , where she could find the weed she needed in fresh , young supply . |
| 19 | He would have to let her recover from the shock before contacting her . |
| 20 | Still , even when Grigorovich refused three years ago to let her guest at the Royal Ballet , she did what she was told . |
| 21 | She sat and watched it all slip past , and thought how she must persuade Murphy to let her cook up the hens ’ mash on the saddle-room boiler , for Dora would hate her to do it in the kitchen , and how she would need a galvanized bucket and an old ladle and a door on the old donkey shed in the orchard to keep out the foxes . |
| 22 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
| 23 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
| 24 | British Rail used to let her travel in the guard 's van , but has now changed its rules . |
| 25 | I had to plead with you to let her come to the party , ’ Mother said . |
| 26 | Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby . |
| 27 | But he refused to let her get near the subject . |
| 28 | And even now , after Dr Neil 's healing influence , daily exerted , for although he could not make direct love to her he was able to let her know in a thousand different ways how much he loved her , and how precious she was to him , she still felt the odd shudder of shame and fear . |
| 29 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 30 | Of course , we 'll have to let him go in the morning . ’ |