Example sentences of "letting [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't risk letting that kind of thing happen again . |
| 2 | then retraced her steps by letting that coil unwind |
| 3 | Never could find out what was responsible for letting that trollop in . |
| 4 | I was just letting that record finish . |
| 5 | All you have to do is to go with the flow of events , letting each scene add to what has gone before . |
| 6 | A considerate Warden was letting each person in turn peep through his telescope . |
| 7 | Besides , does not the practice of carving up the syllabus and letting each lecturer get on with his or her own bit not lead to overlaps , duplication , lacunae and untied threads ? |
| 8 | It is time we invested seriously in education and training and stopped letting this misery grow worse and worse . ’ |
| 9 | She shut her eyes then , letting this wanton fire creep through her . |
| 10 | She frowned ; she might be prepared to forget the past to help the work situation , but she had no intention of letting this man think she had forgiven what he had done in the past . |
| 11 | She would get nowhere by being goaded into letting this interview degenerate into a clash of personalities , although the temptation was growing increasingly great . |
| 12 | You are letting this disappointment — and that 's all it is , you 're still a very well-off young woman — get in the way of everything . ’ |
| 13 | Obviously they thought that by letting this sort of thing out they would have an excuse for putting him away if he ever attempted to call their bluff , " Ha ! " they would be able to say , " Crazy ; read too much SF . |
| 14 | I was talking to someone who knows a Leeds solicitor who is involved with the club and he was allegedly letting this colleague in on some inside info . |
| 15 | Blue Circle Properties has already let one unit at Alpha Park and will announce another letting this week . |
| 16 | The current ideology of devolution may favour letting such schools , along with all the others , sort out their own affairs , but that is hardly fair to their teachers , still less to their pupils . |
| 17 | I do n't like letting these feelings be known in case people think I 'm cracking up . |
| 18 | What are your payoffs for letting these fears overcome you ? |
| 19 | You 're letting these bombers out of jail every day of the week instead of locking them up . |
| 20 | He 's letting all sorts go through at the moment . |
| 21 | You want to do the things other girls do , like making yourself cheap , going to discos , letting those louts paw you ? |
| 22 | That 's letting less electricity through . |
| 23 | But he is not letting any secrets slip before the big day . |
| 24 | He had no intention absolutely none — of letting any man make her suffer . |