Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Korda let him out on a three-picture deal with Fox , continued to pay him $15,000 a year but would take a large slice of what Fox paid him : from the three pictures Richard would earn about £80,000 . |
| 2 | Less than two hours later , a city-centre taxi let her out under the lighted awning of the hotel by the park . |
| 3 | Er , well Ray let us in on a little oak table erm and forget to ring up to find out whether |
| 4 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 5 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 6 | There was an arched cartway into the yard , and a narrow wicket let them in through the thick oak portal to the cobbled court , ringed round with stables and storehouses . |
| 7 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 8 | Zamaron bought the paintings of both Modigliani and Utrillo and let them out after a sobering night in the cells . |
| 9 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 10 | Wait until I let you through into the last cellar , and then I must take the keys back to the steward . |
| 11 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm sorry , Ellie ; I let you in for a hard time , did n't I ? ’ |
| 13 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 14 | And he blames AC Scotland for the sabotaging of his plans to raise a second round of finance by stockbrokers in Europe who let him down at the last minute . |
| 15 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |
| 16 | And Steve obediently went off , taking with him a jar of Marmite in a garden trowel as a substitute for coal in a shovel , and he stood out there on the front porch in the cold listening to the silence and looking at the stars , waiting for them to let him in on the last stroke of Big Ben on the radio : a faint , feeble echo of some once meaningful ritual , though what it had meant or now could mean nobody there knew or had ever known . |
| 17 | Perhaps she was : she seemed to let it out in a long , gusty sigh , and walked away from the children , down the track to a place where a flat rock jutted out from the side of the bank . |
| 18 | The bus letting me off at a convenient corner in the city , I walked to the Sheraton and from a telephone there spoke to Mrs Baudelaire . |
| 19 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 20 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 21 | ‘ I need to see Mr Patterson , ’ I said as if I was letting him in on a big secret . |
| 22 | ‘ Good morning , Mrs Wooldridge , ’ said Mrs Deacon , letting her in by the back door . |
| 23 | She took a deep breath , letting it out on a low , pleasurable chuckle as she headed for the stage . |
| 24 | Remember that , as with tools for any kind of job , there are good tools and not-so-good tools and if you buy poor quality tools , they may let you down at a vital time . |
| 25 | Disadvantages : She may not have had much experience looking after young children ; she may let you down at the last minute if something else crops up — like a boyfriend . |
| 26 | Be prepared for a breakdown in communication and for certain individuals to misbehave or let you down around the 12th and the 26th . |
| 27 | and it 's just a take on , so I watched what I said , but erm , we mentioned it , we , we did n't see very much about it we just said it 's coming up we 'll have , we 'll let you in for a full details next month so |
| 28 | I 'll let you in on a little theory of mine . |