Example sentences of "[coord] let [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the door , Hastings scratched and , in her distress and confusion , Dorothea rose and let him in . |
| 2 | Breeze ran to the door and let him in . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | Eventually Edward heard , and let him in . |
| 5 | Go and let him in , Nicky , while Maria takes some happy snaps quickly . ’ |
| 6 | He laid both hands to the ring and turned it , and it gave to his cautious thrust and let him in . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was Mary says er open the door and let him in because they 'll kill him and then down from the bedroom |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Now , now , ’ Miss Louise called back sharply , ‘ mind your manners and let them in . ’ |
| 12 | Of course , this may lead them to run onto the rotted wood , which will give way and let them in for a long fall … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Without waiting for the ring , she opened the door and let them in . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | we went up there with the dogs and let them in in to the burrow . |
| 17 | I stand back and let them in . |
| 18 | Suddenly , all the lights came on in the hospital and they eventually opened a side-door and let her in . |
| 19 | ‘ Remembering her back door was unlocked she asked if he would climb her wall and let her in , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 20 | He reached across to the handle , and let her in . |
| 21 | ‘ No , the neighbour said she heard a noise and thought Minnie was being burgled so her son got through the window and let her in . |
| 22 | And although other people were certainly present they seemed to have faded to some other level of reality , very far removed from herself and this bulky , swarthy man who was letting her know , without a word , not only that he had her , but that should he now refuse to open the trap and let her in she would plead with him to do so . |
| 23 | Yeah go and let her in . |
| 24 | Then a young lady came to open the gate , and let me in . |
| 25 | ‘ Then stand aside and let me in . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Open this damned door and let me in ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Just open the door and let me in . |
| 28 | Of heaven , and let us in . |
| 29 | Of heaven , and let us in . |
| 30 | She bowed in her turn to an irresistible force and let us in with raised eyebrows and an air of power suspended , not abdicated . |