Example sentences of "[noun sg] let [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these exhortations in mind let us now turn to examples of anthropologists trying to elucidate the meaning of exotic symbols . |
| 2 | But United 's shortcomings … weakenesses are still all too obvious … a leaky defence let them down again just when it mattered most when the final whistle was minutes away as Redfearn hit the equaliser to make it one-all |
| 3 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 4 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 5 | ‘ I was only six , so the art direction let it down a bit , really . |
| 6 | Mum let me down |
| 7 | A porter let us in and we were taken into a great yard . |
| 8 | Into this imaginary world of people unable to learn from their market experience let us now introduce a group of outsiders who are themselves neither would-by sellers nor would-be buyers , but who are able to perceive opportunities for entrepreneurial profits ; that is , they are able to see where a good can be sold at a price higher than that for which it can be bought . |
| 9 | Mr Grimes led the way round to the back door and ‘ the ash boy let them in , yawning horribly ’ ; soon Tom was ‘ in pitchy darkness , as much at home in a chimney as a mole is underground ’ . |
| 10 | Braintree started to control the midfield in the second half and only the final touch in the circle let them down . |
| 11 | Surely everyone learnt lessons when bands like The Clash let everyone down . |
| 12 | The discipline within the team let us down when we were put under pressure — but perhaps it 's the kick in the pants we needed , ’ Jennings said . |
| 13 | ‘ For God 's sake let me in , ’ said Finn . |
| 14 | For the moment let us simply note that natural history may have important ritual implications . |
| 15 | For the moment let us merely have some abbreviations . |
| 16 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 17 | Solicitors there 's no way you ca n't not fight it , in the beginning you can just go guilty and he said hang on minute let me just read it through he said no , he said you 've got to go and do it . |
| 18 | A sentry let us in after looking at the Feldwebel s papers with a torch and we walked up a garden path towards a sort of suburban villa . |
| 19 | As an example let us now work out the forces between two current-carrying rings with the aid of our new formula . |
| 20 | So I just did , Thursday morning let me not forget . |
| 21 | We knocked at the door , and a woman let us in . |
| 22 | As though their own countryside let them down compared to that of Italy , the wealthy English had with them when travelling a Claude Glass through which they viewed the passing landscape from their carriages . |
| 23 | To emphasize the point that there is no simple , necessary , deterministic relationship between the forms of religion and society let us briefly examine the religion of the Nuer . |
| 24 | With that warning let me briefly say something about the general topic . |
| 25 | At night the Temple gates were always closed , but the night-porter let me in when I told him my name . |
| 26 | Whether such a prognosis is indeed likely or not is a question to which we shall return shortly , but for the time being let us merely note the danger , which is in any event a very real one , and pass on . |
| 27 | ‘ Their goalkeeper made only one save in 90 minutes , so a lack of quality in the box let us down . |
| 28 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In February , after an exhausting series of tests , the doctor let us in on the secret my father strove to keep until the end of his life . |