Example sentences of "let [adv prt] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remembered the time Andy and I had let down all the wheels of his dad 's car , folding matches in half and sticking them into the tyre valves . |
| 2 | He had been let down several times , they had done all sorts of things without asking him , and sometimes he only found out what they 'd been up to when the papers rang for comment . |
| 3 | Edward Crumwallis let out more silvery squeaks of amusement . |
| 4 | In general , unless you have very long and gracious windows , I think such windows look neater and let in more daylight if they are covered with blinds or shutters or even some sort of grill or trellis work . |
| 5 | 45759 : Poor woodwind intonation at the opening and some skewwhiff synchronization later on let down this Beethoven First Symphony . |
| 6 | Chairman , what a let down this is gon na be . |
| 7 | As you do so , come up onto your toes , hands and fingers out-stretched above your head , then in one quick puff let out all the breath through your mouth . |
| 8 | Hoomey shot up round Bones 's ears and Bones , remembering his old ways , shook him back into the saddle and let out some contented snorts . |
| 9 | Well that erm keeping the galley fire which I let out several times . |
| 10 | But full back Mike Ford clutched a damaged hamstring to let in former United striker John Durnin . |
| 11 | BRITAIN slammed the door yesterday on calls to let in many more Yugoslav civil war refugees . |
| 12 | The frost causes the bracken to die back and thereby opens up the canopy to let in more light . |
| 13 | It was the only chance they had to let off any steam . |
| 14 | These songs and poetry have helped the group maintain their spirit of unity , provides some light relief to let off some steam , and helped to convey the message of what they have done and are continuing to do to other community groups in a way which can not be simply related in written words and figures . |
| 15 | What also keeps ‘ Piece Of Cake ’ interesting are the short instrumental segues that flit between tracks , a simple and effective way for Mudhoney to let off some creative steam before thundering into another , more constructed , song . |
| 16 | Robyn found herself saying , ‘ So he went for a drive to let off some steam and that was the last … ’ |
| 17 | There was no arrogance in the man ; he was desperately aware that he was letting down all his fellow-actors , and by one of the least forgivable of professional shortcomings . |
| 18 | And they must do it without letting off any light , or the sky would be aglow with the death throes of neutrinos to this day . |
| 19 | Even if you could afford it , letting off these kind of fireworks safely requires the kind of knowledge normally found in an artillary regiment . |
| 20 | Frequent Bolovian references ( drawings , some rhymes , and much Bolovian dogma ) show that in the period 1927–30 Eliot found this a valuable way of letting off some of the emotional steam generated by his conversion ; serious discussions of theology are juxtaposed in this correspondence with ridiculous accounts of Bolovian religious practice , one letter dated according to the day of St Cecilia , another according to that of St Gumbolumbo . |
| 21 | Einstein proposed a box full of radiation with a clock-operated shutter , so arranged that it was open for a time At , letting out some radiation during this period . |