Example sentences of "to let the [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Converse leather hi top basketball shoes cost £69.95 and have an ankle support that pulls back to let the foot in . |
| 2 | the tank this just hold compressed air and comes in sizes ranging from 7 litre to 15 litre they are made from steel or aluminium and have a valve to let the air out . |
| 3 | The legend must go — but at the same time we must be careful not to let the queen out with the asses ' milk . |
| 4 | Long before the sky dimmed enough to let the stars through , I lit the gas burner and ate baked beans off a paper plate and finished off with tea and biscuits . |
| 5 | I open the curtains to let the night in . |
| 6 | ‘ I am thinking of doing the full range of events , including the shot and the relay because I do n't want to let the school down . ’ |
| 7 | She found first gear and was about to let the clutch out when suddenly he was at the door beside her . |
| 8 | I was desperately trying not to let the cat out of the bag , and a few tricky moments came about just because of a few crossed wires . |
| 9 | You know something 's going on , we have a little surprise set up for you , and I think the time has come to let the cat out of the bag . |
| 10 | Now he was playing recklessly , sportingly , trying to let the others in , but he could n't help winning , it seemed . |
| 11 | There was also a walled kitchen garden , which had been let go to grass , and a large hole had been knocked into one of the walls to let the tractor in to mow it . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll be to let the fuel out . |
| 13 | Wisely cautious at first — awed , probably , by sheer numbers ( because they were coming in , now , from all over the shop , from Canada , from Palestine ) — German society duly broadened itself to let the newcomers in . |
| 14 | ONCE a year in this village men open the door to let the ghosts in . |
| 15 | To let the acid in . |
| 16 | ‘ Remember to let the feeling out , let it gush out like a fountain , but draw it back afterwards . |
| 17 | Masklin flexed his arms to let the tension out . |
| 18 | They have their local medicine and the witch doctors try and cure them of their diseases first so they would even bore holes into people 's skulls to let the spirits out for headaches and things like that . |
| 19 | Then we would fling ourselves upon each other at all hours of the day and night make love upon the unmade bed , for often we refused to let the maid in to make up the room : |
| 20 | Never cut off the excess fabric across the corner or you will not be able to let the curtain down . |
| 21 | ‘ Would somebody ring Morley , Bob , ’ he said , scarcely opening his mouth to let the words out , ‘ and ask him where his copy is ? |
| 22 | She 'd discover he had n't locked the hen-house when she went to let the hens out in the morning . |
| 23 | The man she told was a printer at the Post and after sharing the news with his colleagues he decided to let the police in on it too . |
| 24 | ‘ He said nothing I can do , so to let the police in . |
| 25 | You can not talk about regeneration of of an economy or or s sustained economy , er it is one added to agenda and we will have to prepare to let the economy just over the border at Heathrow fade away and give it to another country . |
| 26 | And we come in and Chris opened the front door to let the dog out . |
| 27 | Like say last week me and Russell never got up before , oh my mother and father come to the house right and it was quarter past ten and we were still in bed and my father put the milk cos the , my milkman leaves my milk by the gate because , with the dog , he always used to leave the gate open so I used to let the dog out in the morning and the dog would go out so I said do n't put the milk by the door , leave it just , put it over the gate cos I like the gate left shut . |
| 28 | Expressions like ‘ do n't want to let the side down ’ , and ‘ it 's better to be a giver than a taker ’ , fall unselfconsciously from the lips of men like Lord Ferrers . |
| 29 | Pressure to ‘ cope ’ , and not be seen to let the side down . |
| 30 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |