Example sentences of "let the [noun] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Léonie upended her bowl and let the water swish round the sink . |
| 2 | ‘ What do you think is more important : to protect the historical and nature sites , paying more for the roads , or let the roads go through the areas as originally planned ? ’ |
| 3 | During the whole of this depressing downward spiral , Cassie felt bleakly sad and lonely , but she smiled equally upon all , and only let the mask slip in the privacy of Rose Cottage . |
| 4 | Mungo made an instant detour behind a hedge , let the bicycle lean on the bank , and crouched until the workman had passed . |
| 5 | He dropped into the nearest one and let the zimmer fall to the ground . |
| 6 | Phone her on , and also let the editor know of the outcome . |
| 7 | Mrs. Jewkes , let the chariot go to the bottom of the elm walk . |
| 8 | The local authority will know whether if they let the council house to the tenant the house will also be occupied by a potential successor who has made his home with the tenant . |
| 9 | He watched her mouth fall open like an idiot 's , while her hand let the brush clatter to the floor ; she fell sideways , whether in a real or assumed faint he did not know or care . |
| 10 | She did not hear the quiet tread on the carpet , and when Rourke came and sat down beside her she drew in a quick , shaky breath , and let the brush clatter to the floor . |
| 11 | Rudakov drew deeply on his cigarette , let the smoke waft towards the chipboard ceiling . |
| 12 | ( ‘ We have done our work , let the children play in the world which our work had made safer and happier for them ’ , as Tovey puts it . ) |
| 13 | Emily walked into the sitting room , let the coat fall to the floor and sat down on the couch , crossing her legs as she had in the wine bar , and watching him coolly as he stood there in the doorway . |
| 14 | Let the argument rage about the ethics of bolting . |
| 15 | Jinny let the paper fall to the ground and , very carefully , began to colour in the fair hair around Liam Shakespeare 's face . |
| 16 | Let the kite zoom around the circuit and find that ‘ edge ’ . |
| 17 | I cut the engine again and let the boat drift towards the birds while my passengers admire the curious beaks . |
| 18 | ‘ A better rule would be to award a goal and let the goalkeeper stay on the field . ’ |
| 19 | Feeling sick and disgusted , Lambert let the plane lumber over the Front . |
| 20 | Unobserved , Benjamin let the pin drop to the floor . |
| 21 | Let the heaterstat adjust to the water temperature for an hour or so . |
| 22 | It 's bonded on tight to the surface and it stops any more air getting and oxidizing the rest of the aluminium , so we take that off with the acid and let the acid react with the aluminium nice hole in it |
| 23 | On Brother and Toyota machines , just let the yarn hang between the yarn mast and the edge of the knitting . |