Example sentences of "never let " in BNC.
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| 1 | Water regularly ; never let the compost dry out completely , though you must beware of overwatering . |
| 2 | You never forget anything , you never let go . |
| 3 | She could remember though the time when she realised that she must , for love of them both , never let them know that she was aware of it . |
| 4 | ‘ People said that because Daddy never let us mix with them . ’ |
| 5 | They got us off and the bus disappeared , but there was still a reason why we could not board — they never let on what it was — — and we stood on the tarmac for a long time before being herded to the back entrance . |
| 6 | He said that after 1983 , Mrs Scott and her daughter decided to live in the kitchen with the dogs — which were never let out of the house — to stop them fighting . |
| 7 | They were in control of life and never let it buffet them about . |
| 8 | But she never let on . |
| 9 | Never let me have this humiliation , she thought , looking at the drowsing face . |
| 10 | Even so , the same rule applies as it does to the lectern : never let the speaker adjust the screens to fit his height . |
| 11 | ‘ Never let the wheel stop , |
| 12 | Never let the profits drop , |
| 13 | Never let the frames be still , |
| 14 | ‘ But they never let me down , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He never let his thrice-weekly treatment stand in the way of his many activities : while on the dialysis machine he would write newspaper and magazine articles , including his weekly column for the Scottish Catholic Observer and for Flourish , the archdiocesan newspaper . |
| 16 | Always sleep by the guns , he said , and never let the men dig bolt holes , lest they become too attached to them when the bombs begin to fall . |
| 17 | And Courtney would throw her arms around her and kiss her all over her face and never let her go . |
| 18 | But chiefly he stresses the danger of salt spray , ‘ Never let the covers be off , except on days when the wind is not sufficiently high to beat the water into what the seamen call white caps . ’ |
| 19 | Let Phillis ne'er , ah never let her rove |
| 20 | ‘ You rozzers never let up , do you ? |
| 21 | Perhaps they were never let out . |
| 22 | Never let that rub at your heart , my dear . |
| 23 | He prodded once more his attaché case — which I felt inclined to keep my eyes averted from — and said : ‘ I suppose you 've been wondering why I never let go of this case . |
| 24 | Never let your handbag out of your sight . |
| 25 | Never let your handbag out of your sight |
| 26 | Her book will make feminists scream ‘ tacky ’ and explode but even Yvonne , who supplies Page 3 models , draws the line occasionally : ‘ I never let my girls serve drinks topless at stag parties , jump out of pies nude , participate in lesbian orgy film sequences or model fur — animals skins for fur coats — now that really is obscene . ’ |
| 27 | Horowitz , tall and thin in the trench coat he still wore , and carrying the case he never let out of his sight , stared at both men . |
| 28 | And what a snore he had … strong , long , thick and hard , it was a snore that went on all night long , a snore that never let up , baby ! … a snore that reached the highest heights and the deepest depths , a snore that took you up among the stars and down into the very inside of yourself . |
| 29 | ‘ Never let a chap alone ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Never let a chap alone ! ’ repeated Mr Piggott aloud . |