Example sentences of "let [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home striker Paul Crimmen let them off the hook on a number of occasions and Horsham had two goals disallowed . |
| 2 | You messed up their surveillance , you beat up their agents , you went in for exactly the same unauthorised adventurism as they had — and so let them off the hook . |
| 3 | United almost contributed to their own downfall , but Blackpool 's finsihing let them off the hook . |
| 4 | Wexford too had chances to beat them , in the Leinster final and in the replay , but let them off the hook . |
| 5 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 6 | Block everywhere , let them into the burrow . |
| 7 | Only let me past the walls and I ask no more . ’ |
| 8 | On this last point let me for the present be content with a simple observation . |
| 9 | She 's the girl who let me into the house last might … |
| 10 | After all the communications I have received from Rugby World & Post readers on the recent Wales v Scotland international , let me at the outset state that no referee can collapse a scrummage — that is the result of the actions of the front row players . |
| 11 | ‘ They let me on the train . ’ |
| 12 | Let me by the way put in a footnote here . |
| 13 | Owen was keen to show me his new electric racing car set and let me by the arm to his room . |
| 14 | She , she does she once , she never let me in the pass , she never let me for my birthday . |
| 15 | He took out a key and let himself into the building . |
| 16 | Lorton glanced over his shoulder and let himself into the flat with the key he had found on Celia 's mantelpiece . |
| 17 | Let himself into the kiosk , did n't get any cash , so he did a bit of damage . |
| 18 | Peter walked up the concrete path and let himself into the house . |
| 19 | Dean climbed off the roof and let himself into the car the way he had come . |
| 20 | Then the Animal Rights Activists can campaign against them , and let you off the hook . ’ |
| 21 | " It seems you returned here sometime around eleven or so … and someone let you into the house . " |
| 22 | She took a taxi to the family home in Surry Hills and let herself into the house which was unoccupied . |
| 23 | Alice went up to the second floor in the lift , let herself into the flat and read , for the ninth or tenth time , the letter she had left for Mike . |
| 24 | He stayed beside the car as she crossed the narrow pavement , but the shadowed gaze followed her as she shakily climbed the steps to the door of the house , slid her key into the lock with a trembling hand and let herself into the hallway . |
| 25 | Benny swallowed the barley sugar rather than be accused of eating sweets in the public view , and let herself in the back . |
| 26 | But Inman said : ‘ The referee did not recognise the technique and let her off the hook . ’ |
| 27 | But he suddenly said stop , and let her off the hook . |
| 28 | Just under four hours , to phone in the money and let her off the hook . |
| 29 | She took her to , to the Sands and let her off the lead and she went bounding off , and she looked even funnier actually because she , er Doreen the owner had three little Yorkshire Terriers who made Penny look even more huge . |
| 30 | Whoever let her across the divide ? |