Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 unless they 're going to let , unless people are going to buy them and let them at a reasonable rent to people
2 The second key let them into a vaulted stone cellar , and groping torch in hand along the far wall behind the piled casks of wine , Thomas brushed the cobwebs from a low , insignificant door .
3 One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home .
4 Persons of inferior degree rarely owned more than a single parcel , irrespective of whether they lived on it themselves or let it to a tenant .
5 Turner did not live at Wricklemarsh , but let it to a succession of tenants .
6 Let it in a little bit at a time .
7 ‘ As you can see we are talking sub rosa , ’ she said pointing to the wild roses above our heads , ‘ so I am about to let you into a secret .
8 The drivers seemed less aggressive , even stopping to let you into a stream of traffic .
9 As they approached Robert 's home , the man said : ‘ I 'm going to let you into a secret .
10 Shakespeare 's technique , to let us into a secret that the hero will only discover for himself at the end , is a common one in playwriting and storytelling .
11 Having said this , it is worth while letting you into a secret — few examiners , in fact , work out any of the topic frequencies and decide either to fill in where the lines in the table are thin or to repeat a question on the " dead certs " .
12 ‘ I 'll let you into a secret , Sir Charles , ’ Jed said .
13 ‘ I 'll let you into a small secret , ’ he said .
14 " In fact , I 'll let you into a secret , if you like .
15 I will let you into a secret , I know where they get them from , or got three of them anyway .
16 We hear Ian Carter say that 's unfair and I 'll let you into a secret Baroness Chalker then responds interferes in these negotiations and says five
17 Lust , like love , blinds the eyes , otherwise red-cheeked Maude would never let him within a mile of her !
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