Example sentences of "let himself [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Peach alone was in the house , having let himself in through the cat flap Stephen had fixed into the lower panel of the back door .
2 There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby .
3 As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed .
4 Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat .
5 He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door .
6 Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt .
7 He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks .
8 Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him .
9 Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door .
10 When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door .
11 He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation .
12 Erlich let himself out of the room .
13 Over at the manse the Reverend William McIvor , in a drab overcoat , let himself out by the back door and rode off to the north-east by a back path through the woods near Taymouth Castle , keeping his grey garron on a tight rein and stepping slowly so that the hoof-beats were nearly soundless .
14 Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block .
15 He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door .
16 ‘ Nothing at all , ’ said Greg , letting himself out of the front door .
17 The decorator who is given the keys for the purpose of working , will be a trespasser if he lets himself in in the middle of the night to watch a video .
18 Will the criminal have to climb down from the roof ( in which case he ca n't take a lot with him ) , or can he go downstairs and let himself out of the house ?
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