Example sentences of "let [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let my fingers rest on the cool skin of her check ; but something in her now steady look , a declaration of inaccessibility , made me take my hand away . |
| 2 | She let her hands rove over the hard , smooth muscles with their central sprinkling of rough dark hairs , and as she breathed in she could smell the clean male scent of him . |
| 3 | Fran let her eyes linger on the scarred red paintwork and shattered windows of her little Fiesta , then looked away with a sigh . |
| 4 | Rory sighed heavily as she let her eyes roam over the sparsely populated dance floor . |
| 5 | Ruth let her eyes dwell on the forest . |
| 6 | He let his fingers drift across the paper like a dowser ; as if , somehow , among the fractured patterns on the page , he might suddenly feel the heat of Ross 's madness . |
| 7 | Dexter let his eyes wander over the crates on the floor , brimming with files and books , and on to a dusty azalea on the window-sill for which he sensed a twinge of sadness . |
| 8 | Then , for a fraction of a second he let his eyes drop to the level of the hall table . |
| 9 | He let his eyes roam round the kitchen , seeing it as that pleasant policeman must have seen it , in all its sad decrepitude . |
| 10 | Dexter let his eyes play over the clutter designed to bless the pub with a friendly air : two post horns slung like bombs from the ceiling , mock Tudor beams , lines of plates balanced on every available ledge , and a grubby portrait of the Queen hung in dusty splendour above the bar . |
| 11 | She closed her eyes and let her fingers burrow through the tissue paper until she felt the lace of the collar . |
| 12 | Paige let her eyes go to the window . |
| 13 | Charity let her eyes move to the view again . |
| 14 | She paused to give her words maximum effect and let her eyes flit over the assembly . |
| 15 | Katherine gazed into the fire , the leaping flames , let her eyes play over the fine marble hearth , the painting by George Grosz above it , with its hectic planes , its lurid faces , a satirist 's black view of life in the metropolis . |
| 16 | She pulled away , surprised eyes sparkling , and let her hands play with the back of my neck : I tasted sweet lipstick . |
| 17 | He started to unstrap his belt and then let his trousers fall to the floor . |
| 18 | He turned and let his eyes lock with the laird 's , the minister 's , and the factor 's , each one in turn , while they stared back and tried to look perfectly blank . |
| 19 | He looked up and let his eyes move across the rows of faces before him . |
| 20 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 21 | Screw them up again and flex them out and let your feet drop to the side . |
| 22 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction to your legs . |
| 23 | Alternate legs and let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 24 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction to your legs . |
| 25 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 26 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 27 | Let your arms swing in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | This is how the growing tribe of American Indian fanatics like to let their feathers fly at the weekends . |
| 29 | Deep well-springs of ideas were tapped and a new Renaissance set in motion by men who were unafraid to let their spirits roam in the new universe of science and invention . |
| 30 | Climbing out , stood for a few seconds to let his eyes adjust to the pale moonlight , then he stepped through the gap and began to pick his way carefully down the uneven terrain of the slope , towards the crashed car below . |