Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admits both his dogs have strayed in the past , after callers let them out of his garden . |
| 2 | As soon as we were married he took me off to Scotland , kept me there in virtual purdah , never let me out of his sight — his jealousy was manic . |
| 3 | Just give 'em half a chance , they 'll whip you in and the only way they let you out of them places is feet first , in a box . ’ |
| 4 | Her picture on the cover of Elle magazine , when she was still a schoolgirl of fifteen from a strict bourgeois family , led her to Roger Vadim , who let her out of her birdcage by marrying her in 1952 despite parental reluctance . |
| 5 | Edna , worried about Celia , managed to get down to Four Winds for a little while each day and , as soon as Mrs Rafferty was discharged from hospital , resumed her duties with the child , who hardly let her out of her sight . |
| 6 | She stared down at her plate , wishing she knew what to answer , wishing she were somewhere else but they never let her out of their sight . |
| 7 | Scamperin' round the market whenever I let her out of my sight . |
| 8 | Somehow they had found out that there was a prisoner in the hospital and Eric suddenly found himself with a guard of three carabinieri who were ordered to watch over him night and day and never let him out of their sight until arrangements could be made to send him to Germany . |
| 9 | The bantams were waiting for her to let them out of their safe house . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , we would n't want to let them out of our sight , ’ said Hilda . |
| 11 | For nearly two years , Shanti was reluctant to let me out of her sight , and would follow me from room to room , into the bathroom , wherever it might be . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't believe you for a moment ; even if I did , you 're my only lead and I 'm not going to let you out of my sight until I catch up with Garry . |
| 13 | I willed you to come and you did and now you are here and I 'm never going to let you out of my sight again . |
| 14 | You 're not to let her out of your sight ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The next time I take her for a walk , I 'm not going to let her out of my sight , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I would follow her around the house , clinging on to her skirt , unwilling to let her out of my sight , and demanding to be fed with some small token such as an apple or a piece of bread . |
| 17 | I ca n't bear to let it out of my hands — I shall have to carry it with me to my appointment at the Commission … |
| 18 | I 'm not letting them out of my hands , am I ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If the thought of other women being able to do this , to touch you , hold you , lie with you , brings on the most awful pain inside , makes me feel sick and ill , then I have no intention of letting you out of my sight . |
| 20 | We have just got you well again , Jenna , and I can not take the responsibility of letting you out of my sight . ’ |
| 21 | I have no intention of letting you out of my sight . ’ |
| 22 | I am not letting it out of my sight . ’ |
| 23 | He wears a pinstripe suit , red tie , and next to him is his black magician 's bag ; he never lets it out of his sight . |
| 24 | But Harley never lets it out of his sight . |
| 25 | ‘ She 's had a fever and now she wo n't let me out of her sight , so I 'ad to bring her . ’ |
| 26 | Wo n't let me out of his sight for a minute , he said . |
| 27 | Oh , well , it would give her two bodyguards if she did n't ever let them out of her sight . |
| 28 | So now you see , Richard , do you not , why your mama can not let you out of her sight ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't let you out of my sight for ten minutes , ’ his mother said . |
| 30 | She must n't let her out of her sight , not until Tommaso 's leave was over and he was safely back in Caserta . |