Example sentences of "letting [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marc , of course , letting nothing slip his notice , raised one eyebrow the merest fraction , a gesture that spoke volumes . |
| 2 | To deal with this , a group of merchants who wanted to trade in a particular part of the world would ask the monarch for a charter allowing them a monopoly of bringing goods from their chosen region into England , giving them rights to defend themselves against pirates and bandits with their own armed force , and letting them settle legal problems that would otherwise have to wait years until they got back to England . |
| 3 | Yes I know , you can get somebody else to do that , be there for months and they do n't turn up at once , that was erm , I did n't realize they had to turn up at once , so I was letting them throw whenever they wanted |
| 4 | Often innkeepers will make exceptional arrangements for such persons as a gesture of goodwill ( e.g. letting them sleep in the lounge ) , but they can not legally be required to do so . |
| 5 | We provide rich sensory experiences — wrapping them in soft towels , letting them squelch in mud or helping them identify different tastes or the sound and smells of the countryside . |
| 6 | Donald felt the pressure from her and stared from one to the other , letting them feel his defiance and distaste . |
| 7 | A decision will then be taken on letting them stay longer . |
| 8 | ‘ You mean you 're letting them stay ? ’ asked Pam , surprised . |
| 9 | Neither Croatia nor Slovenia could afford to bribe Serbia into letting them go . |
| 10 | This is the normal way of gradually and painfully realising fully that a loved companion has gone , never to return : recognising what has happened and letting them go . |
| 11 | They never get a day off , nobody thinks of letting them go off on a training course , they never get the chance to keep up and yet they are expected to be the fount of all knowledge . |
| 12 | These guidelines shape who we are , our beliefs , values and attitudes , and we are understandably terrified of letting them go , whether we react in compliance with them or against them . |
| 13 | Middle managers are clearly at risk if Drucker is right , and thought should be given to whether ‘ letting them go ’ in large numbers is in the organization 's longer term interest . |
| 14 | I wish people would stop buying helium balloons and letting them go . |
| 15 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 16 | It would be a case of opening the gates thankfully , and letting them pour out and disperse over the neighbouring villages as they would . |
| 17 | Your writers allow their subjects full throttle , letting them shine through the pages as the great characters they have become ( witness Marwood Yeatman , Sheila Kitzinger et al ) . |
| 18 | A guard moved back , letting them pass , the door hissing open at their approach . |
| 19 | And forced as she was by circumstances to bring her own dirty and vicious brood to work with her , she took a great pleasure in letting them loose on the two youngest Milligans , deliberately ignoring their torments and teases . |
| 20 | letting them feed and play in the nest doorway . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It proposes packing foundation boards with regional cultural and professional bigwigs , in fixed proportions to local politicians , and letting them choose the savings-bank bosses . |
| 23 | At present , everything that Hewlett-Packard is doing looks right : it has won itself a reputation of taking better care of its customers , an example being the way it is not forcing its MPE users to move to Unix , instead letting them migrate at their own pace . |
| 24 | He lifted his hands in a helpless gesture , then , letting them drop , he picked up the next chart . |
| 25 | Not surprising , if you 're in the habit of picking up strange young men on canal boats and letting them cuddle you ! ’ |
| 26 | The point is you do n't do these children any service by letting them getting away with it , cos they think they can get away with it . |
| 27 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 28 | I give them a hot mash too , as well as letting them scratch about here , we cook up all the scraps in the kitchen . |
| 29 | But there 's nothing wrong with challenging people on a personal level and letting them make the choices … ’ |
| 30 | Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own . |