Example sentences of "be let [adv] of " in BNC.

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1 If the money can clearly be proven to belong to you all , and to be your only means of support , it can not be let out of the family , casually , at the whim of one member .
2 There are soft , flat miaows to be let out of the house and pitiful , drawn-out miaows to be let in again when it starts raining .
3 He can not be let out of jail after 25 years .
4 Fenella pulled the velvet folds of the cover about her and tried to sleep and not to think about what would happen and whether they would be let out of these rooms and what stories she might have to tell the Gruagach about Star People and the Fire Court and the other fictional places they were supposed to have travelled to .
5 With each step more things can be let out of the pound ; exact discussions can be made less abstract , realistic discussions can be made less inexact than was possible at an earlier stage .
6 I demand to be let out of here ! ’ she cried in a shrill voice .
7 ‘ If he gave his parole he might be let out of the walls , ’ said David with no great conviction .
8 Harry wo n't be let out of it , we ca n't go in to him .
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