Example sentences of "to let [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | These collars give pigs a computer key to let them in and out of stalls where they can feed unmolested . |
| 2 | The police have no right of entry without a warrant and will certainly understand if you explain politely that you are reluctant to let them in . |
| 3 | An estate agent — representing the landlord 's mortgage lender the Alliance and Leicester building society — refused to let them in to eat . |
| 4 | To D'Arcy 's surprise it was Nadirpur who answered the entry phone , and again the man himself who came down to let them in . |
| 5 | The Brigadier saluted the Substitute and Captain and the young lieutenant , and stepped back to let them in . |
| 6 | Finn pushed at the door , which stuck momentarily on a thick doormat as if unwilling to let them in . |
| 7 | Inspector Blakelock gets here early those mornings to let them in and Scobie keeps an eye on them . |
| 8 | One old woman had refused to let them in , convinced they were vandals or muggers . |
| 9 | That if the poor are hungry they will eat your food , and why should they not ? : that if they are dirty they will infest you with disease , and so they should : that if you ignore them they will mug you and steal what you have , which is no more than you deserve : that if they sit barefoot at your door they will hurt your conscience and you will have to let them in . |
| 10 | I let that one go as we 'd got to the bathroom and I opened the door and stood to one side to let them in . |
| 11 | They asked Mrs thomas to let them in , but she held a note up to the window asking them to fetch her daughter , Mr Bellamy 's mother , who lives around the corner . |
| 12 | Are you going to let them in , whoever they are ? |
| 13 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 14 | You go to all the trouble of finding me a bed in a night shelter and you then get me so drunk they 'll refuse point-blank to let me in ! ’ |
| 15 | Waddle it take to get you to let me in ? |
| 16 | IVAN IDEA YOU 'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME IN ! |
| 17 | ( I had taken to climbing over the railings of the barracks each night , as the watchmen on the gate had been forbidden to let me in as I was known to be sleeping there . |
| 18 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm old enough to wait without being hurt for people to let me in again , ’ she said lightly , hoping that he had listened to what she said and understood its application to himself . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell her to let me in , ’ demanded Finn . |
| 21 | ‘ If you refuse to let me in , then I 'll break down the door ! ’ |
| 22 | " Excuse me , I should like you to let me in . " |
| 23 | ‘ They 're not going to let me in , ’ John says . |
| 24 | You do n't have to let me in , you know , Mr Carrington . |
| 25 | ‘ Are n't you going to let me in ? ’ |
| 26 | But dimly she heard him say again , ‘ Are n't you going to let me in ? ’ |
| 27 | But if she did that John would n't be able to let himself in with his key . |
| 28 | He used another of his plastic cards to let himself in through the back door . |
| 29 | I want to let you in on a somewhat embarrassing secret , which is now a secret no longer ! |
| 30 | The Aussies use a points grading system to decide on whether to let you in . |