Example sentences of "they let [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The players are disappointed and realise they let everybody down including themselves . |
2 | In their overheated frustration this Monday evening at Old Trafford they let themselves down badly through ignorance of the laws of cricket . |
3 | ‘ It 's not normal , ’ was all he could say when they let him out . |
4 | ‘ They let him out ? |
5 | Oh , but there was a thing on the on the radio the other day talking about little boys , and they let him out he was now got a karate class for young boys in the South of England somewhere . |
6 | Knight bannerets of the king 's household stopped them but Cranston muttered a few words and they let him by . |
7 | Suddenly , they let him down and one said , ‘ This guy does n't know what we are talking about or he would not ask , ‘ Who is he ? ’ ' |
8 | Rosie had to stay in hospital for ten days , but on the first Monday morning after they let her out , she came round to visit the family . |
9 | So I think they let her out the day after . |
10 | Poor , insecure little Caroline , clinging rigidly to what she knows , terrified of the unknown , terrified to trust people in case they let her down , hurt her feelings , or even endanger her in some way … ? ’ |
11 | I am bigger than any of them , but I think the reason they let me through is because I am older : they assume I am crew . |
12 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
13 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
14 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
15 | They let me out again . |
16 | " At home , if they let me out of here in time , " I said . |
17 | I gave a fake name , they let me out on bail . |
18 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
19 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
20 | ‘ They let me out from time to time , ’ he stated seriously . |
21 | Gone away to the funny farm , yeah , they let me out last week . |
22 | ‘ They let me in on the secret quite early — then people started joking about it . |
23 | They made big promises but , in the end , they let me down and I was forced to show mainly younger artists , which is always interesting but financially disastrous . |
24 | They let me off at four in the morning and I had to be in court by nine . |
25 | They made three mistakes with these cattle — they let them in , they failed to test them , and they encouraged farmers like myself to buy the cattle , and all these moves were errors . |
26 | If they let them in , so be it . |
27 | I do n't even know whether they let them off at the head office . |
28 | Now they let them out in the summertime to different people . |
29 | Geoffrey says nobody knows whether they let it out accidentally , or were getting their own back on Sykes for wasting a whole weekend . |
30 | They let us off after our three Santa Clausesses mobbed them and asked to play with the red furry pandas they had clipped to the aerials of their radios , on condition we played ‘ Saints ’ until out of sight . |