Example sentences of "to let [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined to let nothing stand in the way of his lifelong dream to follow in Bing Crosby 's footsteps , he breaks free from his domineering mother 's ( Olympia Dukakis ) grasp , and the legend begins . |
| 2 | And they have proved that they intend to let nothing stand in the way of a World Cup triumph when they stage the finals next summer . |
| 3 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 4 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 5 | I listen to their stories , and I know when to let them sleep in the shade . ’ |
| 6 | She meant Hepzibah and Mister Johnny and how she owed it to them to let them stay in the house because there was nowhere else they could go , not with Mister Johnny 's shy ways . |
| 7 | Better to give them a good life here than to let them suffer in the vague hope of some better afterlife . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He refused to let them return in the New Year to London , ’ she said . |
| 9 | If the client refuses to let them communicate with the auditors , then they should turn the job down . |
| 10 | The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies . |
| 11 | My father has agreed to let me study at the university , so we shall be able to spend a lot of time together . ’ |
| 12 | I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ . |
| 13 | In fact my chain was just long enough to let me get into the tiny bathroom , two feet from my mattress , to use the toilet . |
| 14 | The passage was too narrow to let her slip past the Woman . |
| 15 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 16 | After the program has finished it displays the ‘ Press any key ’ message to let you return to the editing screen . |
| 17 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
| 18 | Refusing to let herself think beyond the tasks she was performing , Leonora listened to the radio as she worked , and when the meal was well advanced she went quietly upstairs to find the bathroom empty , and Penry , fully dressed in fresh clothes , fast asleep on his bed . |
| 19 | The bedroom felt cold and as Fred sank to the bed with her still in his arms Carrie closed her eyes and tried not to let herself focus on the small round damp patch on the ceiling above the foot of the bed . |
| 20 | He would have to let her recover from the shock before contacting her . |
| 21 | Still , even when Grigorovich refused three years ago to let her guest at the Royal Ballet , she did what she was told . |
| 22 | She sat and watched it all slip past , and thought how she must persuade Murphy to let her cook up the hens ’ mash on the saddle-room boiler , for Dora would hate her to do it in the kitchen , and how she would need a galvanized bucket and an old ladle and a door on the old donkey shed in the orchard to keep out the foxes . |
| 23 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
| 24 | And TODAY really did show her the way home by persuading Captain Nick Fletcher to let her sit in the cockpit with him . |
| 25 | British Rail used to let her travel in the guard 's van , but has now changed its rules . |
| 26 | I had to plead with you to let her come to the party , ’ Mother said . |
| 27 | Ruth could never understand Charlotte 's unwillingness to let her help with the baby . |
| 28 | But he refused to let her get near the subject . |
| 29 | Of course , we 'll have to let him go in the morning . ’ |
| 30 | But it is better to let him mingle among the guests and take the candid shots which add to the colour and fun of the day . |