Example sentences of "letting [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 2 | Donald felt the pressure from her and stared from one to the other , letting them feel his defiance and distaste . |
| 3 | We were told that previously , when dogs were allowed , there 'd been problems , so they decided to stop letting them in . |
| 4 | He was accused in a pamphlet , written by the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and circulated by Nigel Watts , a property developer , of deceiving the Yugoslavs by letting them believe they were going to Italy . |
| 5 | It would be wrong not to draw attention to the grave problem which is being created for the future by the production of large numbers of council houses at such rents that , if a fall occurs in building cost , difficulty will be experienced in letting them , despite the subsidy . |
| 6 | ‘ We might as well say the Rosary now , ’ he announced when he put pencil and paper away , taking out his beads and letting them dangle loudly . |
| 7 | Your writers allow their subjects full throttle , letting them shine through the pages as the great characters they have become ( witness Marwood Yeatman , Sheila Kitzinger et al ) . |
| 8 | He lifted his hands in a helpless gesture , then , letting them drop , he picked up the next chart . |
| 9 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 10 | Letting them out |
| 11 | Letting them out can be damaging . |
| 12 | Neither Croatia nor Slovenia could afford to bribe Serbia into letting them go . |
| 13 | He jumped up , pulling the lower branches of the tree down and clipped off stems , letting them fall to the ground . |
| 14 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 15 | And now , one word from me and she 'll be round that police station , letting them know all about you … . ’ |
| 16 | The party expects its young hopefuls to fight at least one unwinnable seat in a rotting inner city or municipal wilderness before letting them have a crack at a seat in the safe suburbs . |
| 17 | They told me that it was of no use to me any more and that I 'd be better off letting them have it . |
| 18 | Even the DGSE might have baulked at letting them drown or shooting them in cold blood . |
| 19 | I 'm not letting them out of my hands , am I ? ’ |
| 20 | Apart from letting them share the brand name and an instant distribution deal , The Wedding Present did not have the time to take on any record company functions for the bands . |
| 21 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 22 | Apathy occurs as a result of our suppressing negative emotions and feelings , not being able or prepared to deal with them and so letting them accumulate in our unconscious mind . |
| 23 | You 'd give them a quartet of an hour letting them say their good-nights — then you 'd start moving them on , not aggressive . |
| 24 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 25 | Instead the system connects computers made by only one firm — Apple — so letting them share expensive disc files , printers and so on . |
| 26 | When the mother approaches the nest where the kittens are hiding , letting them know that there is nothing to fear by her approach . |
| 27 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 28 | The dhāmi put his hand into the plate of rice , agitating the grains , stirring them round , picking them up , then letting them sift back through his fingers . |
| 29 | This is the normal way of gradually and painfully realising fully that a loved companion has gone , never to return : recognising what has happened and letting them go . |
| 30 | But there 's nothing wrong with challenging people on a personal level and letting them make the choices … ’ |