Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Less than two hours later , a city-centre taxi let her out under the lighted awning of the hotel by the park . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 6 | Wait until I let you through into the last cellar , and then I must take the keys back to the steward . |
| 7 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 8 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 13 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 14 | ‘ Good morning , Mrs Wooldridge , ’ said Mrs Deacon , letting her in by the back door . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Be prepared for a breakdown in communication and for certain individuals to misbehave or let you down around the 12th and the 26th . |