Example sentences of "letting [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 2 | letting them feed and play in the nest doorway . |
| 3 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 4 | When the mother approaches the nest where the kittens are hiding , letting them know that there is nothing to fear by her approach . |
| 5 | She fell in with Nicole 's steps , watching as she gesticulated to the men , letting them know that they would n't be long . |
| 6 | It was hard , travelling home in that bus , and surrounded by the immense , evident , and varied liberties of people and land , to believe in the small impossibilities of her own home , and she felt , as she so frequently felt , the will to believe it to be different : the truth was too grotesque and too unnatural , and her hopes were so strong that she carelessly let them wander a little , giving them a little leeway , letting them sniff and pry and explore . |
| 7 | And these the eagles left unharmed , not seeking them as prey but letting them come and go at will ’ |
| 8 | Even the DGSE might have baulked at letting them drown or shooting them in cold blood . |
| 9 | We 'd be sitting or standing watching the traffic go by , Dawn alternately flapping about desperately trying to get away and perching on my glove letting me stroke and soothe her . |
| 10 | Actually , I guess I would n't want to tell it to anybody , not so much because I 'm ashamed ( I tell myself ) as because it 's private ; one last thing I can hide that 's between me and Andy only , so letting me feel that there is one thing at least in which I 've not betrayed him utterly . |
| 11 | Letting me think that you slept with so many men you did n't have the first idea who the father was ! ’ |
| 12 | How could you go on letting me think that they were true ? ’ |
| 13 | Thank you for your recent letter letting me know that Iceland was unable to sponsor this year 's Annual Report for CPRW . |
| 14 | I am not letting you go till you say it ! ’ |
| 15 | A word processor is much better than a typewriter in letting you enter and edit your text more easily ; print it out as required with much more flexibility ; save it on disc for future work ; and transfer it through an IT link ( see , for instance , below , under communications ) to a colleague elsewhere . |
| 16 | Busacher indulging him , letting him do as he wished as usual … everyone treating him as the saviour of Hochhauser . |
| 17 | ‘ We have no intention of letting him go and I would like him to stay on after his present contract expires . |
| 18 | ‘ We were on the verge of letting him go because we had George Reilly and a couple of other strikers on the books . |
| 19 | Catherine sounded suddenly exhausted , and as she gave him back the cup she turned towards him , letting him see that she had been crying , but without looking him in the face . |
| 20 | He had a bike which she 'd stopped letting him use because it had become dangerous . |
| 21 | A sharp cold wind had sprung up with the fading light , removing the sweaty warmth of her exertions and letting her know that she was cold and exhausted . |
| 22 | Yes , they 'd , they 'd get paid twice , oh for letting 'em go and roping 'em in , I mean when a ship was swinging there 's somebody , I mean when a ship was swinging at Cliff Quay , there 's somebody got ta let go of the erm , the spring what they 're swinging on . |
| 23 | Are you capable of letting it go and walking away ? |
| 24 | They sat there side by side , Faye and Roberta , staring at Alice , so unlike Mary and Reggie that Alice was even amused — inside , of course , not letting it show And her heart hurt for the girls . |
| 25 | Anything which makes rigging and de-rigging more difficult increases the risk of someone getting tired of holding up a wing-tip and so letting it droop or even drop . |
| 26 | That 's better than letting it drag and drag ; you lose a lot of the vibe that way . |
| 27 | When a young cat approaches an adult for play , letting it know that it is in a relaxed mood and accepts its subordinate social position . |
| 28 | When a sick cat is approached by a dominant one , letting it know that it is in a weak , non-hostile mood . |
| 29 | She forked out the bacon , letting it drain before she arranged it around the plate . |
| 30 | A wave of hot colour swept over her as she wriggled to somehow attach the bedspread around her without letting it slip and giving this mocking character another full frontal . |