Example sentences of "[v-ing] let [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Refusing to let even this distorted version of myth lie still , the next lines confirm the evolutionary idea , lowering its level while at the same time raising the domestic temperature to the tropical : |
2 | Mary Ann said , sounding let down . |
3 | ‘ They 're obviously not going to let just anyone go burrowing through their Registry willy-nilly . |
4 | That O'Neill man is n't going to let up now he 's got his teeth into it . |
5 | You 've had a hectic few weeks , and the pace is not going to let up now . |
6 | Was he , Theodora wondered , going to let out the line in order the better to haul it in later . |
7 | Balor was going to let down the drawbridge so that they could ride across it . |
8 | And canny manager Henry Forbes was n't going to let that long overdue overhaul of the County Donegal Joint Railway 's sole petrol-powered inspection loop go to waste . |
9 | American negotiators have opened the Japanese market for a variety of goods by threatening to let loose the protectionists in Congress . |
10 | The perfect answer to all the music press critics : the massed armies of the anti-Morrissey brigade and yours truly ( who bought the record only to give it away a week later after feeling let down ) , came by way of the fans . |
11 | Well , Val I think you are quite right in thinking that you are not alone in feeling let down after purchasing the ‘ wrong ’ computer for your needs and I do agree that you were given poor advice by the store you purchased from . |