Example sentences of "and let [pn reflx] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 2 | Quinn went up the stairs with their uneven treads , found number 11 and let himself in . |
| 3 | Mark wearily climbed the steps of number 89 , and let himself in . |
| 4 | And then , as they mumbled and made half-hearted climbing-down gestures that he knew would probably stop as soon as he was out of sight , he opened up the door to the club and let himself in . |
| 5 | Unbeknown to the tailor they had a key to the shop and let themselves in to sleep off their excesses . |
| 6 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I shut the door , crossed the yard , and let myself in through the kitchen . |
| 8 | So I came back and let myself in . |
| 9 | I go up the steps in two effortless bounds and let myself in . |
| 10 | She was glad she had the stone , when he came into the byre ; she was waiting for him as he had asked her to , she had made her way across the orchard in the fresh blue morning and let herself in through the wooden door by lifting it off its hinges , since the bolt had rusted fast long ago , and she had looked up at the full moon of the sky in the chimney hole at the centre of the round shelter 's roof , and with her stone which was sharp as a shearing knife with a bright , honed blade the marks of the whetstone were still visible in pale striations like scouring tracks — she scraped her name into one of the stones on the interior , as many others had done before her , in tall shapely capitals , the only letters she knew . |
| 11 | As Rachel reached her flat and let herself in she found herself trying to remember whether David had been there that evening when her mother had sent for her . |
| 12 | Fabia reached Ven 's suite and let herself in , walked across the sitting-room and into her bedroom where she sat down on the edge of the bed , and felt , for the moment , defeated . |