Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 2 | Dear brother , let me out of this awful place and the blessed Virgin will reward you . |
| 3 | It 's awful to let her in for all this . ’ |
| 4 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 5 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 6 | Lloyd Grossman shares the fun he 's had in making the series and lets us in on some behind-the-scenes secrets . |
| 7 | Do let me in on any more of your detective work , wo n't you , Charles ? ’ |
| 8 | You may not want to go to all this trouble so I 'll let you in on another easier method of finding some good swims . |
| 9 | But how would he break the news to Georgina that he 'd let her down after all these years ? |
| 10 | But all the other animals had grown so suspicious of El-ahrairah and his tricks that they would not let him out of that wretched country and every day Prince Rainbow used to come walking through the marshes to make sure that El-ahrairah was still there . |
| 11 | Why could n't she let him in to that private part of herself that sometimes cried out for — what ? |