Example sentences of "letting [pron] [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 Amid it all was their constant awareness of Moran 's watching presence , sharpening everything they did with the danger of letting something fall and break and bring the weight of his disapproval into the small chain .
17 ‘ Do n't worry about me , Charlie , ’ she said , wondering for how much longer she could stall around the subject without letting something slip and betraying her ignorance , and hoping that Charlie would give her some further clue .
18 Busacher indulging him , letting him do as he wished as usual … everyone treating him as the saviour of Hochhauser .
19 ‘ We have no intention of letting him go and I would like him to stay on after his present contract expires .
20 ‘ We were on the verge of letting him go because we had George Reilly and a couple of other strikers on the books .
21 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 .
22 He had a bike which she 'd stopped letting him use because it had become dangerous .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 Are you capable of letting it go and walking away ?
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 That 's better than letting it drag and drag ; you lose a lot of the vibe that way .
29 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 .
30 When a sick cat is approached by a dominant one , letting it know that it is in a weak , non-hostile mood .
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