Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never let thee down . |
| 2 | let them sweetly dream that in Britain the great day has come at last . |
| 3 | I mean , God 's sake , let them particularly journalists are the last people to insult |
| 4 | He issues this warning to parents : ‘ Let them not too much apply themselves to the disposition of their children ’ — in short , not to become obsessed with the whole business of bringing them up . |
| 5 | One can sympathise with owners of great houses , faced with tax and running costs , but let them not think that furnishings of the standing of Kent 's at Houghton can simply be dispensed with as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ and that their loss from the house would not in future be regretted . |
| 6 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Let them not take in their commons , neither make parks nor pastures of whole parishes : for God gave the earth to man to inherit not unto sheep and wild deer . ’ |
| 8 | Sett all on a slow fire and keep them covered with syrup & paper , but let them not boyl . |
| 9 | Let them not therefore bewail the delay of the Parousia . |
| 10 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 11 | Just let them not transmit them . |
| 12 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 13 | The guards at the palace 's main gate swiftly let them through but , as they debouched out of the tree-lined path front of the palace , a gruesome sight awaited them . |
| 14 | And then I tell you what , and even if they do n't do it , I let them fucking stay there ! |
| 15 | Let them also lay on interview training . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a great disappointment that we dominated most of the game but let them back in after leading 2–0 . |
| 17 | ‘ But we played a couple of soft ends and let them back into it , ’ said Belliss later . |
| 18 | Winning some ball at last from the tail of the line-out , through Williams , Bridgend 's backs managed to pressurise their opponents , but erratic goal-kicking — Gareth Thomas , David Thomas and Howley missed six between them — let them down . |
| 19 | Let them down gently . |
| 20 | As though their own countryside let them down compared to that of Italy , the wealthy English had with them when travelling a Claude Glass through which they viewed the passing landscape from their carriages . |
| 21 | Braintree started to control the midfield in the second half and only the final touch in the circle let them down . |
| 22 | The fact that the Australian batting rarely fired on all cylinders either during the series merely served to show-up the large gulf between the two sides , with the home team 's 4–0 triumph not flattering them unduly , although India were unlucky not to win at Sydney , and might have won at Adelaide too had their fielding not let them down . |
| 23 | The Chelmsford pair battled through the earlier rounds despite their putting , which at crucial moments let them down , but were ultimately found out in a showpiece beset by cold winds and rain . |
| 24 | I think people believed I let them down |
| 25 | But United 's shortcomings … weakenesses are still all too obvious … a leaky defence let them down again just when it mattered most when the final whistle was minutes away as Redfearn hit the equaliser to make it one-all |
| 26 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 27 | Again , the defence let them down , and despite reducing the deficit to only one goal before the break , Bradford won with plenty in hand against a stuttering home side . |
| 28 | You let them down |
| 29 | I could have done a little the papers let them off of the hook for years ! |
| 30 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |