Example sentences of "let in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Riccardo Muti made a scathing denunciation from La Scala , news of the deficit broke , and Cresci 's double cashmere coat began to let in the cold . |
2 | Ranulf , outside , peered through the small window , its shabby wooden shutters flung wide to let in the air and light . |
3 | As one member commented , " it will be like a curtain being drawn back to let in the sunlight " . |
4 | Ruth said , ‘ To let in the night . ’ |
5 | And then she had lain down in the dark , naked but for her flimsy shawl , the window open to let in the night , and waited . |
6 | Timber-frame construction is , however , naturally energy-saving , and the Thamesmead houses have been designed to maximise the heat available by pitching as many roofs as possible to the south , and placing rooflights strategically to let in the heat of the sun , according to Geoffrey Wigfall of Wigfall Group Practice . |
7 | There was a hole in the ceiling to let in the rain but just to be safe he returned every day for a week to water them and was walking back one afternoon when , turning a corner , he felt a hand on his shoulder . |
8 | She had put the mug by his bed and gone to the window to let in the light . |
9 | He had a blackboard on each wall with only tiny windows in between to let in the light . |
10 | At the very top of the structure , at the point of the cone , a space had been left open to let in the light . |
11 | The windows were sparkling , the ivy stripped away to let in the light . |