Example sentences of "let he [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hoped she had n't let him down in any way . |
| 2 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 3 | Say me a word , one enlightening word , to let him out of this cage . |
| 4 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 5 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 6 | But all the other animals had grown so suspicious of El-ahrairah and his tricks that they would not let him out of that wretched country and every day Prince Rainbow used to come walking through the marshes to make sure that El-ahrairah was still there . |
| 7 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 8 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 9 | Why could n't she let him in to that private part of herself that sometimes cried out for — what ? |