Example sentences of "let [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Two men … someone must have let them in the front door … they took Jacqui … ’ |
| 2 | His mother was watching the weather forecast on television when he let himself into the house . |
| 3 | Corbett Farraday let himself into the moderately imposing Edwardian villa which he shared with his mother . |
| 4 | When Rory Collins let himself into the bungalow , his mother was still up . |
| 5 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 6 | Rita let herself into the house with the Yale . |
| 7 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 8 | She let herself into the kitchen , where young Joe Burns had asked about her . |
| 9 | When she let herself into the flat , Ralph was waiting in the hall . |
| 10 | She let herself into the kitchen and sank into a chair before the fire that urgently needed mending . |
| 11 | The girl was carrying a latchkey ; she let herself into the cabin . |
| 12 | She let herself into the house , and made herself a cup of tea . |
| 13 | She let herself into the comfort and glow of the solar to hear her father 's querulous voice complaining , in terms in which surely he himself did not believe : ‘ My mind misdoubts me we have done wrong to have any part in this . |
| 14 | There was no one about when she let herself into the house , and thankfully she went quietly up to her room . |
| 15 | When we arrived , Mary let herself in the front door and we entered the dining room . |
| 16 | Why , she wondered , when she had effectively let him off the hook ? |
| 17 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 18 | such important guest this evening she 's let him into the banquet and of course the guys are dying at this stage . |
| 19 | But mind I 'm surprised he was found strayed Nicole let him off the lead and he 's gone phew ! |
| 20 | She let him into the flat , where the television was on . |
| 21 | But Mrs Noel 's let her into the house you see , normally she does n't let the mother 's come in if she 's trying to help a child with difficulties |
| 22 | He had never seen Mandy look contrite before , and he decided , wickedly , to make her suffer a bit before he let her off the hook . |
| 23 | But he still had to print out yet another copy of the Capellan regulations about acceptable levels of degradation on axis lock crystals before he let her through the gate . |
| 24 | Home striker Paul Crimmen let them off the hook on a number of occasions and Horsham had two goals disallowed . |
| 25 | You messed up their surveillance , you beat up their agents , you went in for exactly the same unauthorised adventurism as they had — and so let them off the hook . |
| 26 | United almost contributed to their own downfall , but Blackpool 's finsihing let them off the hook . |
| 27 | Wexford too had chances to beat them , in the Leinster final and in the replay , but let them off the hook . |
| 28 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 29 | Block everywhere , let them into the burrow . |
| 30 | But bitter Ferguson refused to blame individuals for United 's continental calamity and said : ‘ We let them in the back door and they stole the game . ’ |