Example sentences of "to let [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The Leeds manager , I understand , was only too happy to let him go after a month of turmoil at Elland Road which culminated in a walk-out last weekend by the flamboyant Frenchman when left out of the Arsenal game . |
| 32 | But it is better to let him mingle among the guests and take the candid shots which add to the colour and fun of the day . |
| 33 | Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine . |
| 34 | This particular trucker 's agent had gone out of business late on New Year 's Eve , one of a number of last-minute bankruptcies and mergers and a new agent would somehow have to be found to stamp his papers if Customs were to let him depart on the 20.15 sailing . |
| 35 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 36 | He opened one gate slowly , trying not to let it scrape on the gravel . |
| 37 | He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way . |
| 38 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 39 | There was too much weight hanging from the wings to let it glide through an awkward bank like that , all the time losing the upthrust from the breeze ; losing it twice , because now it followed the turning plane . |
| 40 | Even in defeat Germany was too valuable — strategically and economically — for either East or West to let it fall into the hands of the other . |
| 41 | And erm so and there were , th in the evening the police used to let us go for a ride on the camels . |
| 42 | Nor would he be able to let us know about the reversal of the thermodynamic arrow , or even bank his winnings , because he would be trapped behind the event horizon of the black hole . ) |
| 43 | no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday |
| 44 | And so kind to let us come to the party afterwards . |