let alone


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Then there were cats, and rabbits, and turkeys; all these he must let alone. In fact, when he had but partly learned the law, his impression was that he must leave all live things alone.
There were cats at the houses the master visited that must be let alone. And there were dogs everywhere that snarled at him and that he must not attack.
Will Maskery comes to church every Sunday afternoon, and does his wheelwright's business steadily in the weekdays, and as long as he does that he must be let alone."
If it had been let alone, this company might have given good service, but it was hobbled and fenced in by jealous regulations.
It was let alone by the Post Office; and better still, it had a Man, a business-builder of remarkable force and ability, named Henry Cedergren.
When the other young ones gathered around to tease, he joined with me in attacking them; and so viciously did we behave that before long I was let alone. Lop-Ear made me acquainted with the village.
Everything turned out well, which was a mercy, Hannah said, "For my mind was that flustered, Mum, that it's a merrycle I didn't roast the pudding, and stuff the turkey with raisins, let alone bilin' of it in a cloth."
I should like to see him try it; I'd give him such a pair of black eyes that he wouldn't dare to show his face in the admiral's cabin again for a long while, let alone down in the orlop there, where he lives, and hereabouts on the upper decks where he sneaks so much.
But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe?
Dog my cats if it ain't all I kin do to tell t' other fum which, let alone his pappy."
DANIEL JAMES did not think he would ever play against Manchester United - let alone for them - after completing his PS18million move.
'Today, on the floor of the house, he again lied claiming that I am a partner in the TV channel that did prgmme against Chairman Nab.I do not own even a single share in any TV channel let alone owning one,' he said.
"The dance world is not ready to address proper pay, proper breaks or proper working hours, let alone a massive issue like this (in my opinion)."
Summary: Sangrur (Punjab) [India], July 30 (ANI): Hakam Bhattal, an Asian Games gold medallist and the recipient of the prestigious Dhyan Chand Award, is currently battling against kidney and liver ailments and has not received any attention from the government, let alone support.
ISLAMABAD -- In a pointed reference to United States Vice President Mike Pence's warning to Pakistan during his visit to Kabul earlier this week, Chairman of the Senate Mian Raza Rabbani said on Sunday Pakistan being a sovereign state is not in the habit of taking notices from anyone, let alone US.