Example sentences of "[conj] let they in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was depressed , and when they arrived at my house and said , ‘ We 're very sorry to hear about your husband ’ , I believed they were genuine and let them in . |
| 2 | Of ascetic countenance ( though not particularly ascetic habits ) , of grave and rather formal demeanour , he habitually disarmed people whenever he unbent a little and let them in , as it were , to his superior private world . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , now , ’ Miss Louise called back sharply , ‘ mind your manners and let them in . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 5 | She could feel them now — dangers everywhere — gathering all around the churchyard wall , biding their time until a door should open , just a crack , and let them in . |
| 6 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 7 | And presently , as Jack held the paddle like a brake and let them in by inches , a third , without petals , a pale disc trailing tendrils of weed . |
| 8 | we went up there with the dogs and let them in in to the burrow . |
| 9 | I stand back and let them in . |