Example sentences of "let [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too often we have let ourselves be locked into a ‘ graven image ’ of ourselves , perhaps by parents and teachers . |
| 2 | Wondering what we had let ourselves in for we anchored as near as possible to Ullapool and contacted the local staff which at that time consisted of local patrol officers backed up by two visiting officers from Dingwall . |
| 3 | What have we let ourselves in for ! |
| 4 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 5 | The same report , reversing the earlier legend excusing the Führer because he was being kept in the dark by his underlings in the Party , added : ‘ Even the Führer has lost much sympathy among the people because he has apparently let himself be taken in by his Party people and does not seem to notice what things are like in the State today . ’ |
| 6 | He also expressed irritation about the way Tony seemed to have let himself go in the last few months , since he had become unemployed . |
| 7 | As Desmond Haynes and Philip Simmons added 99 at better than a run a minute with a volley of boundaries , he must have wondered what he had let himself in for . |
| 8 | Apparently his ‘ lover ’ , the erstwhile Angel of Charles , Miss Farrah Fawcett , has confided in a ‘ pal ’ : ‘ I 'm ashamed of the way he 's let himself go . |
| 9 | In all his plans , he had never let himself contemplate an outcome as vicious as that . |
| 10 | He had let himself fall in with her will , and had not seen that she had no will , but was calling , alone , for a friend . |
| 11 | The social worker who took on the referral found him somewhat embarrassed by his present circumstances , and the degree to which he had let himself go . |
| 12 | He has let himself down badly . |
| 13 | But having let himself sink as far as he could go , he began to rise and with such gathering force and fury that he not only routed all who had disbelieved in him , he left even the believers agape . |
| 14 | He knew what he had let himself in for and he was glad . |
| 15 | Hutton took a drop in salary to join Durham , and he wondered what he had let himself in for when , after a battering from Franklyn Stephenson , he had to leave the field to be sick . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Why should I wish the lad any worse harm than he 's let himself in for already ? ’ |
| 18 | The refectory had been built when there was money around for building and the architect had let himself go with walls of glass and a high curving ceiling panelled in pastel colours . |
| 19 | Ashamed of wanting her , ashamed of having let himself start their affair , Luke was no happier with it than she was . |
| 20 | He was at his best when reacting promptly and powerfully to every threat , how had he let himself be hemmed in thus by forms and processes and the operations of incompetent deputies ? |
| 21 | He was a hard , cold , cynical man who had let himself be hurt by a woman . |
| 22 | Thistle 's early season promise has evaporated , and debutant Julian Broddle must be wondering what he 's let himself in for . |
| 23 | Wexford let himself into his own house and the dog Clytemnestra galloped to meet him . |
| 24 | So you 've got warning , ’ she said dismissively , and McLeish let himself , briefly , wonder who the bloke had been who had introduced Catherine to this experience . |
| 25 | If she were his mother , and he let himself be shot without giving her a last chance of looking into his eyes ? |
| 26 | Even the Oxford Museum was not free from Italian influence and ‘ Scott would be throwing away his best chance ’ if he let himself be debarred from doing the same . |
| 27 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 28 | Simon let himself in and shut the door before the cat by his feet could squeeze in after him . |
| 29 | This , however , he did n't realise until later when he let himself think about the meeting and how , after the first keen glance , she looked past him as if he were n't there , to greet Mick with ‘ Hello . |
| 30 | 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 . |