Example sentences of "to let [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , to my shame , I thought how much easier it would be to let them all believe it . |
| 2 | ‘ I know we had to let them all walk free . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean we have to let them both go . ’ |
| 4 | The violence Moran had turned on her she chose to ignore , to let her own resentment drop and to join the girls as they stole about so that their presences would never challenge his . |
| 5 | The Society had asked members not to let their own daughters enter the trade , but now , for a few shillings extra , they were training the girl learners . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Emily said , ‘ I have to let you all go , Summer Lodge is no longer mine and , in any case , there is simply not the means to keep going as we have been . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There is no easy way to say this , ’ she began haltingly , ‘ my father died a ruined man , I have to let you all go , there 's nothing else for it . ’ |
| 8 | Naff plebeian drugs , junk food , hoary sexism , a love of trash culture … hip hop and hardcore share all these , but where hip hop still has a guiding notion of cool ( both music and style are minimal ) neo-hardcore is prepared to LET IT ALL HANG OUT horribly ; the corset of cool has been ruptured and all manner of banished and forbidden rock memories have sprawled free … grotesquerie embraced as a defiant gesture against the sound track of yuppie culture — sleek , chic , designer pop-soul . |
| 9 | Regretfully , he had to let it all pass ; he knew such behaviour would have created a bad impression with editors and got him laughed at — the thing he most feared . |
| 10 | Fergus had divined how afraid she was of the doll-mask and had dealt with it in his own way , daring her to let it all hang out , quoting Yeats at her in his Irish voice . |
| 11 | I 've worked too damned hard to get where I am today to let it all be ruined by some silly , irresponsible female . |
| 12 | Would n't It be better , Nathaniel , to let us all relax and enjoy our expedition for a few weeks ? |