Example sentences of "to let them [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Inspector Blakelock gets here early those mornings to let them in and Scobie keeps an eye on them . |
| 32 | One old woman had refused to let them in , convinced they were vandals or muggers . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | Are you going to let them in , whoever they are ? |
| 37 | 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 . |