Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woman who had let him out of the darkness of the birth-cave into the light . ’ |
| 2 | I could have done a little the papers let them off of the hook for years ! |
| 3 | He admits both his dogs have strayed in the past , after callers let them out of his garden . |
| 4 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 5 | ‘ What I require , Rasputin , is that you let me out of here and let me see Elaine . ’ |
| 6 | " At home , if they let me out of here in time , " I said . |
| 7 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 8 | ‘ Let me out of here , you bloody fool ! ’ |
| 9 | He rattled a huge ring of keys and let me out of the cell . |
| 10 | As soon as we were married he took me off to Scotland , kept me there in virtual purdah , never let me out of his sight — his jealousy was manic . |
| 11 | Dear brother , let me out of this awful place and the blessed Virgin will reward you . |
| 12 | ‘ Let me out of here . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Let me out of here — at once ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Let me out of here ! ’ she spluttered helplessly as he tightened his arms about her slim figure , ignoring her struggles with contemptuous ease . |
| 15 | Just give 'em half a chance , they 'll whip you in and the only way they let you out of them places is feet first , in a box . ’ |
| 16 | Her picture on the cover of Elle magazine , when she was still a schoolgirl of fifteen from a strict bourgeois family , led her to Roger Vadim , who let her out of her birdcage by marrying her in 1952 despite parental reluctance . |
| 17 | Edna , worried about Celia , managed to get down to Four Winds for a little while each day and , as soon as Mrs Rafferty was discharged from hospital , resumed her duties with the child , who hardly let her out of her sight . |
| 18 | Scamperin' round the market whenever I let her out of my sight . |
| 19 | She stared down at her plate , wishing she knew what to answer , wishing she were somewhere else but they never let her out of their sight . |
| 20 | Carol had more or less righted herself by the time I let her out of the side door . |
| 21 | I took Mr Aird down the corridor , and let him out of the side door . |
| 22 | Somehow they had found out that there was a prisoner in the hospital and Eric suddenly found himself with a guard of three carabinieri who were ordered to watch over him night and day and never let him out of their sight until arrangements could be made to send him to Germany . |
| 23 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 24 | Quintin Hogg was highly critical of the failure to prepare party opinion : ‘ You must always let people see the cat before you let it out of the bag . ’ |
| 25 | Let us out of here ! ’ |
| 26 | The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , we would n't want to let them out of our sight , ’ said Hilda . |
| 28 | All that their unfortunate ancestors had to say probably came in questions : ‘ When are you going to let me out of here ? ’ and ‘ Can I go home now , please ? ’ |
| 29 | For nearly two years , Shanti was reluctant to let me out of her sight , and would follow me from room to room , into the bathroom , wherever it might be . |
| 30 | ‘ And , more important , are you going to let me out of here ? ’ |