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let us contribute every year
So please let us contribute every year.
— from The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J. W. (John William) Robertson Scott

Let us come every year
Let us come every year; better still, let us build ourselves a summer home upon these shores."
— from A Virginia Cousin, & Bar Harbor Tales by Harrison, Burton, Mrs.

little uns coming every year
'They bring their love wi' them, sir; and that, I reckon, you'll find when you've a home of your own, and a wife, and the little uns coming every year.'
— from John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

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