Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On reaching the Fish I let out a cry of triumph , overjoyed to have got there while conveniently forgetting the Verdon-like wall which lay above . |
| 2 | If anyone put Jacklin oft at this stage it was me , because I let out a roar when Lee 's ball went in , and I was keen to get to the 18th . |
| 3 | I let out a shriek . |
| 4 | I let out a terrified scream and scuttled down the stairs . |
| 5 | There 's … there 's the print frock I let out that fits you . |
| 6 | I let out my breath . |
| 7 | I let out a breath of relief . |
| 8 | Well that erm keeping the galley fire which I let out several times . |
| 9 | She told a Dublin newspaper : ‘ I wish to express my apologies to those I let down . ’ |
| 10 | I let down the tow rope . |
| 11 | I let Nat have my dogs and sit in with Tony . |
| 12 | My father , a Desert Rat , tells me that in the North African campaign you never asked a man with a shovel where he was going , so I let Nat go . |
| 13 | And when Gittel cut my pride and my heart into pieces with her little sharp fingernails , and I let loose the dybbuk on her and got punished for it , I was neither one thing nor the other , once again . ’ |
| 14 | I let off the snow hook , Rayo heads for the tree , Kaisa leaps out of the way , Sunniva follows her round and it 's back to knitting in seconds . |
| 15 | The infantry detailed to guard them let off only a couple of volleys before also taking to their heels . |
| 16 | And the day before his weakness waxed great , he ordered the gates of the town to be shut , and went to the Church of St. Peter ; and there the Bishop Don Hieronymo being present , and all the clergy who were in Valencia , and the knights and honourable men and honourable dames , as many as the Church could hold , the Cid Ruydiez stood up , and made a full noble preaching , showing that no man whatsoever , however honourable or fortunate they may be in this world , can escape death ; to which , said he , I am now full near ; and since ye know that this body of mine hath never yet been conquered , nor put to shame , I beseech ye let not this befall it at the end , for the good fortune of man is only accomplished at his end . |
| 17 | You said in your last letter that you were just friendly with Cora-Beth but you do n't ever write about any other girls , so I do wonder if you are n't more fond of her than you let on . |
| 18 | Now , because it 's first year exam , what tends to happen is you to tend to ok regurgitate the stuff you let through . |
| 19 | Once you let up , you will give him time to think , and he 'll realise how much money you 've lost him . |
| 20 | You let off like that once before , d' you remember . |
| 21 | The first thing to remember is that as you turn the boat away from the wind , you let out the mainsheet , the sail only works properly at one angle to the wind and so it 's essential to let out the mainsheet as you bear away . |
| 22 | When are we let out of these rooms ? ’ |
| 23 | We let off steam in graffiti , vandalism and football hooliganism . |
| 24 | Queer how it gets us , all women and no men , the way we let off steam , like being back at school again , lifting up people 's skirts in the cloakroom . |
| 25 | The doctors said that he would have bled to death at a lower altitude and I 'm sure this is so , because as we let down over the Channel his bleeding started again . |
| 26 | The pretty girl behind him let down his trousers inch by inch . |
| 27 | More than they let on , I suspect . |
| 28 | But momentum was the thing — self-doubt came sneaking in as soon as they let up . |
| 29 | ‘ They 'll be very careful who they let up there , I 'm sure . |
| 30 | When the island was about a hundred metres over my head , they let down a seat on a chain . |