Example sentences of "[pron] let a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You do not do me justice , my dallta , for what you do reflects on me also , and they laugh at me with you because you let a wee Campbell lassie put a petticoat on you ! ’ |
2 | And to cap it all you let a wanted man make good his escape . ’ |
3 | This case before me definitely raises the question of the contractual duty of a person who lets a furnished house lately occupied by one suffering from an infectious disease . |
4 | To help pay the rent , we let a back room to a nervous queer with pale , bulging eyes , who was a friend of a friend . |
5 | He pulled the dog close to him to let a mixed string of horses and Ponies go past , waving shyly to the lead rider , a pretty , capable girl an unbridgeable two years older than him . |
6 | He let a dignified minute pass before going out himself , collecting Catherine , and dispatching Bruce to supervise the house-to-house interviews in Malplaquet Terrace , to see if anyone could be found who had seen the blue BMW arrive or caught sight of its driver . |
7 | He let a neighbourly grin slide over his foxy face . |
8 | It keeps the rain out , it lets a certain amount of light in and it 's dirt cheap . |