Example sentences of "let [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should be let down properly before the flight and not , as in the case of one of the mares , introduced to racing a week previously in a Windsor selling hurdle . |
| 2 | Demidenko ( Hyperion ) is also highly individual , not to say idiosyncratic , even if his penchant for the mildly unexpected will not be to everyone 's taste , and Katin 's sensitivity and rare gift for sustaining a seamless melodic line ( Olympia ) is let down slightly by his converse reluctance to immerse himself in those many passages when the note-rate increases alarmingly . |
| 3 | On the 64 it 's let down slightly by its slowness. the action 's hardly end-to-end stuff , but it 's very skilful , almost strategic . |
| 4 | We 've not been let down once since ‘ Wrote For Luck ’ ; danceable with brilliant lyrics , every one . |
| 5 | I was let down lightly at the beginning , though . |
| 6 | It will be much easier to reactivate the application of an unsuccessful candidate who has been let down gently . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
| 9 | Houses are thrown open as Malaysians entertain their family and friends , firecrackers are let off everywhere and colourful lion dances make this one of the year 's favourite events . |
| 10 | Soccer London fighters are let off lightly . |
| 11 | MARTIN Offiah has been let off lightly over his Charity Shield loser 's medal snub . |
| 12 | she was let off lightly this morning cos there was hardly any ironing to be done you see , because I have n't worn |
| 13 | Yeah you do , you tend to go out and commit more crime because of You 've been let out you 've been let off really |
| 14 | She rang a bell to be let out again and left him without a backward glance . |
| 15 | The pubs had not let out yet , so it must be not be later than eleven . |
| 16 | The house next door , Number 3 , was let out as three flats , as can be seen from the three bell-pulls and the much worn doorstep . |
| 17 | we it we do n't think it was let out very often . |
| 18 | It is an outrage that he can be let out so soon ’ . |
| 19 | Old Rottweilers may need to be let out more frequently to answer the call of nature , but for shorter periods . |
| 20 | She wanted to throw them wide and let in as much air as possible , as Cobalt had done on her earlier visit . |
| 21 | It was a gloomy room , with one small window that let in hardly any light , as it faced another building only a few feet away . |
| 22 | It was small and poky , the carpet stank of sweat from all the bands that had rehearsed there over the years , the floor was rotten and covered with fungus More unpleasant smells came from the toilet that did n't work and the leaking skylight which let in so much rain the whole place was always damp . |
| 23 | It 's an interesting mixture of management and overhead-view arcade action , and let down slightly by the latter . |
| 24 | If capitalism is on a headlong cascade into a new world , socialism , he says , ‘ collided with the future ’ , let down as much as anything by its failure to understand information and organization , its doomed attempt to apply the modes of engineering to thought , and its obsession with hardware rather than software . |
| 25 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 26 | These people , one of whom was a whiskered old man , carried guns which they let off frequently , rode horses at terrifying speeds across an arid landscape similar to the one I played in each day , while breathless crashing music and a small dog pursued everyone everywhere they went . |
| 27 | The infantry detailed to guard them let off only a couple of volleys before also taking to their heels . |
| 28 | Pandit , Raju ( let off early on when Taylor at slip grassed an easy catch ) and Srinath ( whose innings included an all-run straight-hit five ) all reached double figures as India stretched their total to 225 , a lead of 80 : McDermott finished with 5 for 76 . |
| 29 | This more distant fire let up long enough , however , for the column to make its way beside the buildings on the east side of the basin . |
| 30 | But there could be no let up now . |