Example sentences of "[adv] to let [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frozen in shock for a few seconds , she recovered her wits sufficiently to let out an outraged scream , and to catapult into a kneeling position , grabbing the bedspread to cover herself . |
| 2 | NOW you can see the fearsome fighters of the WWF in your own home — if you 're brave enough to let in a muscular gang of mighty strong men . |
| 3 | She covered it with her other hand , then , fearing that a hot hand might be enervating , she opened her fingers just wide enough to let in a little air and light . |
| 4 | The windows were sparkling , the ivy stripped away to let in the light . |
| 5 | I was well satisfied ; I had beaten what I considered to be a bogey track for me , determined not to let either the track or the stadium get the better of me . |
| 6 | ‘ After they had gone ( they left one evening after dark , Constanza having said that there was one thing Michel refused to put on me — he will have to learn to be a bit less scrupulous , poor lamb — so that she would have to do it , and it was not to let on : ‘ Tell our friends I 've gone to Italy to look after my papa ; as for Michel , he 's God knows where , you do n't know , it 's nobody 's business and they 're used to his comings and goings . ’ |
| 7 | Lizzy had made Kate promise not to let on she was a policewoman . |
| 8 | It 's who you 're trying not to let down . |
| 9 | Once again pensioners are advised not to keep large sums of money at home and not to let in strangers . |
| 10 | Once again pensioners are advised not to keep large sums of money at home and not to let in strangers . |
| 11 | At low tide the Thames seems rather to let down London . |
| 12 | Whenever the doorkeeper opened up to let in an applicant who had left his card in time a great throng would press forward , hurling their plans through the door like assegais . |
| 13 | Sometimes the shutters of my room , raised slightly to let in streaks of sunlight between their horizontal slats , made our winter room seem tropical . |
| 14 | As one member commented , " it will be like a curtain being drawn back to let in the sunlight " . |
| 15 | With nothing more than a saw , pocket knife and file he resolved how to let just the right amount of ink out and air in , and made a fountain pen to his own design . |
| 16 | Timber-frame construction is , however , naturally energy-saving , and the Thamesmead houses have been designed to maximise the heat available by pitching as many roofs as possible to the south , and placing rooflights strategically to let in the heat of the sun , according to Geoffrey Wigfall of Wigfall Group Practice . |
| 17 | If the primary circuit is also part of a central heating circuit , this will also need filling and some of the radiators may need bleeding afterwards to let out air . |
| 18 | This is why the idea of the ‘ educational toy ’ is so fraught with difficulty : the trick is never to let on that it is supposed to be educational , in case you transmit your own anxieties . |