let stay

Example Sentences

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“But it’s not something we’re just going to let stay that way either. We’re trying things and trying to figure it out and hopefully get back on track.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2022

Those here for a long time with children “and so forth, you let stay enough time to organize their affairs and go home.”

From BusinessWeek • Jan. 22, 2012

Then, after a moment's thought, and with sudden radiance: "But a man as big as you are wouldn't be let stay in the valley, no matter how hard he tried."

From The Second Generation by Phillips, David Graham

One evening when Mary was reading the "Pilgrim's Progress" to her, the Reverend Hugh Grantley came in and begged to be let stay and enjoy the reading, too.

From Sowing Seeds in Danny by McClung, Nellie L.

No. For I got your father off, an' he'd been carried overboard if he'd been let stay in them shrouds.

From Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper by Cooper, James A.