Example sentences of "let us [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But let us for the moment look at the word that signifies the process or action itself : the word kill . |
| 2 | Let us for the time being not take a stand on this issue but address ourselves to the whole phenomenon in its strong sense . |
| 3 | Let us for the moment take it as established that dog has a general sense , denoting the whole species , irrespective of sex . |
| 4 | The Government 's figures — let us for the moment assume that they have an accuracy which the Government 's abysmal record on predicting poll tax bills certainly does not justify — show that average council tax bills this year in Langbaurgh would have been £470 and in Middlesbrough £447 — £170 and £153 respectively higher than the equivalent fair rates bills . |
| 5 | She fumbled in her pocket for the key then let us in the side door . |
| 6 | Let us in the spirit of the daughters of Israel remember and mourn the daughter of Jephthah . |
| 7 | They kindly squashed up to let us into the shelter , whereupon all conversation ceased . |
| 8 | ‘ His factor will be feeling it now , for letting us through the gates . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose that lets us off the hook , ’ Lucinda offered . |
| 10 | ‘ Not in the least ’ , he told me , ‘ In fact , it lets us off the hook and will enable us to have more freedom perhaps than before ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ No 1 ’ was small , but ‘ Carlisle ’ , built in 1865 , was a largish engine with tender and we soon got to know that Whitaker would let us onto the footplate . |