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

Aunt Elizabeth was so pleased that I was asked that she insisted on my going, though I cried, and prayed hard to be let stay at home.

From Faith and Unfaith by Duchess

And yet we were not let stay right when we asked for nothing but to be let alone and live out the rest of our lives like men.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf