Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the community at Canterbury he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop , who had let them down in the matter of the primacy of their church . |
| 2 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 3 | I never give up on people — even those who have let me down in the past . |
| 4 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 5 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 6 | The woman who had let him out of the darkness of the birth-cave into the light . ’ |
| 7 | Less than two hours later , a city-centre taxi let her out under the lighted awning of the hotel by the park . |
| 8 | A burly serjeant-of-arms stopped them , asked their business , and grudgingly let them through into the main courtyard where they were halted by a steward who took them up into the main hall . |
| 9 | I could have done a little the papers let them off of the hook for years ! |
| 10 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
| 11 | There was an arched cartway into the yard , and a narrow wicket let them in through the thick oak portal to the cobbled court , ringed round with stables and storehouses . |
| 12 | So , while I stood off their changes and challenges with the right hand , I let them in with the left . |
| 13 | So technology has advanced considerably , and what we 've done is to capitalise on the younger engineers and we 've introduced another phase called neighbourhood engineers and this is where we rely on the er goodwill of the firms to actually sa let their seconder engineers sometimes , but certainly let them out into the er into the schools careers convention work places to talk to the actual youngster itself . |
| 14 | Now they let them out in the summertime to different people . |
| 15 | To report on my own experience , I have found a surprising number of English people outside the academic world who have lived with the Sonnets , have taken them into their own experience , can quote with ease ‘ To me , fair friend , you never can be old ’ , or ‘ Shall I compare thee to a summer 's day ? ’ , or ‘ When , in disgrace with Fortune and men 's eyes ’ , or ‘ Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediment ’ . |
| 16 | Let me not to the marriage of true swine |
| 17 | ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it . |
| 18 | So let me in on the secret . |
| 19 | I remained in prison another two years until the government graciously let me out under the amnesty in May 1983 . |
| 20 | ‘ You let me out at the next corner . |
| 21 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 22 | He rattled a huge ring of keys and let me out of the cell . |
| 23 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm surprised Mr Lawler let you away at the end of your shift , ’ Maggie said . |
| 25 | Wait until I let you through into the last cellar , and then I must take the keys back to the steward . |
| 26 | And while you 're at it , would you like to tell me who let you back into the house ? " |
| 27 | Or walk out and let you down at the last minute . ’ |
| 28 | The chappie who let you in at the front door was Norman he 's form Salford East . |
| 29 | Carol had more or less righted herself by the time I let her out of the side door . |
| 30 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |