Example sentences of "let [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am going to miss is the opportunity to pontificate in peace , without let or hindrance , as Punch has let me do for eight years . |
| 2 | He let me think about that , a long , tense silence between us . |
| 3 | Your chairman was kind enough — before he let me loose on this most patient audience — to say that my attitude , for an historian , was very unhistorical and I took it that that was meant as praise . |
| 4 | I 've let him go pending further enquiries — he set his solicitor on me . |
| 5 | She let him go without further protest . |
| 6 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 7 | She let him go in alone to break the news to Chris . |
| 8 | Mike let her go with rueful amusement in his dark eyes as she made her way towards the lift , having refused all offers of help with her overnight bag , which she slung over one shoulder . |
| 9 | She ‘ let her mask of moderate respectability slip yesterday ’ , it says . |
| 10 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 11 | She let it rest for longer than she should have done and then moved slightly away . |
| 12 | Shouldering the gun in the sure knowledge that the Doctor would be seriously pissed off if she let it fall into local hands in this time zone , she drew the grenade from her pockets , and poked her head up just long enough to check the distance . |
| 13 | Erm , we have n't let anyone disagree with that either . |
| 14 | I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade ! |
| 15 | ‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently . |
| 16 | ‘ I have never let myself go like that , ’ Alida said , ‘ never . |
| 17 | But I should n't have let myself get near that cringing landlord . |
| 18 | Let the children in the classes do the talking , let them tell about those aspects of the school that they like best . |
| 19 | They fought , and ran , and stood to fight again , tiring , separated , driven now like hunted hares , until Isambard called his men back at the brook and let them rest at last . |
| 20 | Let them flow in ceaseless praise . |
| 21 | They review this possibility annually and he explained that when they have identified children who will go back they let them go into mainstream school for at first a morning and then one day a week . |
| 22 | pull in the lay-by and let them go by that 's what they 're supposed to do |
| 23 | But let them think on this . |
| 24 | Let them heat for five minutes . |
| 25 | Let them look for this one . |
| 26 | Put in the monkfish slices and let them poach for 3–4 minutes , until cooked through . |
| 27 | You let them play against one another and sometimes you transfer a player from one club to another , so that it builds up a mutual admiration society . |
| 28 | As we are running short of time , let me end with one area where there is a clear divide . |
| 29 | ‘ Let me explain to all of you why this case is so different , ’ Tanner continued , hunching his huge shoulders , his big hands spread before him on the table . |
| 30 | Let me , let me think about that . |