Example sentences of "to let [pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Determined to let nothing stand in the way of his lifelong dream to follow in Bing Crosby 's footsteps , he breaks free from his domineering mother 's ( Olympia Dukakis ) grasp , and the legend begins . |
2 | And they have proved that they intend to let nothing stand in the way of a World Cup triumph when they stage the finals next summer . |
3 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
4 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
5 | I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’ |
6 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
7 | If the client refuses to let them communicate with the auditors , then they should turn the job down . |
8 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
9 | I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ . |
10 | The passage was too narrow to let her slip past the Woman . |
11 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
12 | After the program has finished it displays the ‘ Press any key ’ message to let you return to the editing screen . |
13 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
14 | Refusing to let herself think beyond the tasks she was performing , Leonora listened to the radio as she worked , and when the meal was well advanced she went quietly upstairs to find the bathroom empty , and Penry , fully dressed in fresh clothes , fast asleep on his bed . |
15 | He would have to let her recover from the shock before contacting her . |
16 | She sat and watched it all slip past , and thought how she must persuade Murphy to let her cook up the hens ’ mash on the saddle-room boiler , for Dora would hate her to do it in the kitchen , and how she would need a galvanized bucket and an old ladle and a door on the old donkey shed in the orchard to keep out the foxes . |
17 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
18 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
19 | British Rail used to let her travel in the guard 's van , but has now changed its rules . |
20 | I had to plead with you to let her come to the party , ’ Mother said . |
21 | Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby . |
22 | But he refused to let her get near the subject . |
23 | Of course , we 'll have to let him go in the morning . ’ |
24 | But it is better to let him mingle among the guests and take the candid shots which add to the colour and fun of the day . |
25 | Er but er they devised various ways on their own to help them with these things , you know , they er I do n't know exactly what it was called but you you would see a Maybe a riveter in below the in below the boat er doing the shell , in below the boat , and he would have a Like a hammer , a a an arm that was rigged up for him er to give him an assistance with the the machine , to hold the machine up to You know to let him work with the machine . |
26 | Showing they do not mean to let anyone sleep on the job in creating better relations , pupils of Brackenhoe School , Middlesbrough , organised a bed push for South Cleveland Hospital 's baby monitor appeal . |
27 | He opened one gate slowly , trying not to let it scrape on the gravel . |
28 | Even in defeat Germany was too valuable — strategically and economically — for either East or West to let it fall into the hands of the other . |
29 | Nor would he be able to let us know about the reversal of the thermodynamic arrow , or even bank his winnings , because he would be trapped behind the event horizon of the black hole . ) |
30 | no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday |