Example sentences of "to let [indef pn] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It is up to you , if you are having an event , or have had one , to let everyone else know about it .
2 If you start to feel sorry enough to let someone else win , you lose your honesty .
3 One day Tommy had to let someone else drive and that man set off at three-thirty prompt .
4 However , both TA and IT are relatively complicated to master and you re recommended to let someone else set them up or run them for you unless you are really eager to advance your computer expertise .
5 Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go
6 Gloucestershire skipper Tony Wright has given up the captain 's job … the county are bottom of the championship table … have n't won a game and Wright thinks it 's time to let someone else have a go
7 At ten o'clock they gave us a handsome club sweater , which was so generous we decided to let someone else win the domino handicap .
8 Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them .
9 What really helps that difficult decision to let one out into the world , though , is a desire to spoil oneself , not the machine .
10 But even London Transport ca n't keep every train north of the river for ever — eventually they have to let one across .
11 It was either that or dump herself on to the perch in a heap , having given up the struggle , and she was much too graceful and proud to let something as undignified as that happen .
12 It would be easy simply to drift into the darkness of his eyes , to let everything else slide away .
13 Rumour has it Roosevelt 's already making secret moves , although he 's too damn fly to let anybody in on it .
14 ‘ It 's time to let everybody else get involved , ’ says Professor James .
15 Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems
16 But Mr Stewart was determined not to let anyone else suffer .
17 Leaving aside the obvious example of admission to residential care , there are many less significant matters in which , for example , the old person 's attachment to the primary carer makes them reluctant to let anyone else play a part in their support .
18 I insist you keep it for yourself — it would be a crime to let anyone else wear it , ’ he said huskily .
19 Given the current circumstances and strains , we can not afford to let anyone else into the country .
20 I am not going to let anyone down in America .
21 I just kept working harder and harder as I did n't want to let anyone down and I did n't believe I would pick up a drink again .
22 Leaving strict instructions to Joanne to stay there at all costs and to both of them under no account to let anyone in , he hurried to the Cortina and set off for Fleet Street .
23 The other is that for some reason you 've been too scared to let anyone close enough . ’
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