I said, ‘Allow us to make some small holes’ (7)
I believe the answer is:
eyelets
'some small holes' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'i said allow us' is the wordplay.
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'allow us' becomes 'lets' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'i' sounds like 'eye'.
'eye'+'lets'='EYELETS'
'to make' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eyelets that I've seen before include "Rings for reinforcement" , "peep-holes" , "Small holes" .)