Example sentences of "by letting [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'In other words , ’ said Codron , ‘ we were responsible for totally mucking up this woman 's entry into womanhood by letting her see Loot . ’ |
| 2 | You 've never been higher than Number 42 ’ , but Prof Eno sorted it out by letting her organise the singalong . |
| 3 | By letting me go , she is merely increasing her power , for she is outmartyring my martyrdom . |
| 4 | Two American girls offered to help costs by letting me share their hotel room — an offer no ‘ gentleman ’ could possibly accept . |
| 5 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 6 | He appeared to risk very little by letting him live . |
| 7 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
| 8 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 9 | As long as you hold yourself well and do n't embarrass people by letting them think , ‘ Oh he 's so thick ’ or ‘ his ways are so silly ’ , you 're all right . |
| 10 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 11 | He was accused in a pamphlet , written by the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and circulated by Nigel Watts , a property developer , of deceiving the Yugoslavs by letting them believe they were going to Italy . |
| 12 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 13 | Although you may be able to fob off your opponent by letting them have a copy of your accounts ledger , you should not be in a position where you have to write off for copy receipts ; all these documents should be properly filed . |
| 14 | Place your left hand on his or her forehead or , if you prefer , support the head by letting it rest in your left hand . |
| 15 | Noise/horror undoes the self by confronting it with the other that dwells within it , the monstrous potential latent in us all , waiting to be catalysed by an extreme predicament ; what I 've called the new psychedelia undoes the self by letting it drift off and disappear into the otherwordly . |
| 16 | He started the car by letting it run downhill — Maxim had insisted they park so that there would be no give-away noise of the starter- and drove steadily for several miles . |
| 17 | By letting you do this research they 're putting a additional risk on us … |
| 18 | Now I can help you by letting you stay somewhere safe . ’ |
| 19 | However , we can help you to help yourselves by letting you know what this deadline is ; the date up to which we can pretty much guarantee your ad 's inclusion ( as far as we can ever guarantee anything ) . |
| 20 | Trakback not only helps with your stock control , it also helps you manage your company 's cash flow , by letting you know quickly when you can invoice . |
| 21 | This utility takes the boredom out of formatting disks by letting you play a game while you wait . |
| 22 | There are longueurs in Act I , but he skilfully deflects attention from them by a deft account of the ballet music and by letting us admire the much improved state of the Royal Opera chorus . |
| 23 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |