Example sentences of "[coord] let [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OR then calls a meeting of creditors to decide whether they will make the debtor bankrupt or let him off by accepting an arrangement for less than 100 per cent of their debts to be paid in full and final settlement . |
| 2 | Whether to lock me in me room , or let me out and do what I wanted to do . |
| 3 | They did n't know what was going on , like , did n't know what to do , whether to lock me in me room , or let me out and do what I wanted to do , but in the end , like , I just did n't come back here for a coupla months . |
| 4 | Or let us not forget that research on Japan in the 1930s has revealed conflicts of interest between and within the military , zaibatsu , politicians and the bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 6 | ‘ For take-off and landing , each propeller works like a helicopter rotor , pulling the plane into the sky or letting it down on the helipad . |
| 7 | I wo n't let you down or let anyone else hurt you again . |
| 8 | Be prepared for a breakdown in communication and for certain individuals to misbehave or let you down around the 12th and the 26th . |
| 9 | How could Julian call himself his friend all this time and let him down so badly ! |
| 10 | And at the same time the racing of her blood was only partly fear , and she could see that he knew it , that he had discovered this power and tuned it to performance pitch , that the insults were a kind of invitation , the display of force a plea turned upside down , and she also wanted , because she longed to please , to take off her clothes then and there and let him down from his prideful pose , and soothe him with her obedience to his rage . |
| 11 | Outside the door , Hastings scratched and , in her distress and confusion , Dorothea rose and let him in . |
| 12 | Breeze ran to the door and let him in . |
| 13 | ‘ Supposing for instance someone came and said they were Mr Unwin , you would check that his name was on the list and let him in ? ’ |
| 14 | Eventually Edward heard , and let him in . |
| 15 | Go and let him in , Nicky , while Maria takes some happy snaps quickly . ’ |
| 16 | He laid both hands to the ring and turned it , and it gave to his cautious thrust and let him in . |
| 17 | And I opened the door and let him in and he was telling me I 've been here half an hour trying to get in . |
| 18 | It was Mary says er open the door and let him in because they 'll kill him and then down from the bedroom |
| 19 | Wheel him and let him all over her . |
| 20 | I took Mr Aird down the corridor , and let him out of the side door . |
| 21 | ‘ Dad 's going to drive out to the woods and we 're going to open the cage door and let him out . |
| 22 | Go and let him out |
| 23 | ‘ But we played a couple of soft ends and let them back into it , ’ said Belliss later . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Now , now , ’ Miss Louise called back sharply , ‘ mind your manners and let them in . ’ |
| 27 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 30 | 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 . |