Example sentences of "[vb infin] let [indef pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 're not trying to stir up a hornet 's nest but we do want to let everyone know what we 're trying to achieve , ’ campaign spokesman Steve Melia said .
2 I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again .
3 If you and your kind had made it obligatory for a ship to carry a drogue , all ready bent , for letting go , I would have let one go .
4 She had forgotten all about them ; how could she have let something so important slip her mind ?
5 She must have talked to your mother for some time , she must have let something slip . ’
6 ‘ You might have let someone know .
7 She would never have let someone like that come home with her .
8 ‘ I do n't think he slipped , Mowbray would have been too careful , and I doubt he would have let someone push him off the parapet walk without a struggle . ’
9 You must have let someone go before now .
10 Although my wrist is not quite right , I could not of course have let anyone else write this particular letter … .
11 Jim would n't have let anyone in umless he knew them .
12 Showing they do not mean to let anyone sleep on the job in creating better relations , pupils of Brackenhoe School , Middlesbrough , organised a bed push for South Cleveland Hospital 's baby monitor appeal .
13 This does not necessarily mean letting everyone do exactly what they want to do …
14 Given the current circumstances and strains , we can not afford to let anyone else into the country .
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