Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 2 | ‘ George Duffield let her breeze along for six furlongs on Saturday morning and she just flew . |
| 3 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 4 | He watched George going into MacDougalls , let him settle down for three minutes and then he 'd strike . |
| 5 | Did you search around for any other reasons , such as the mention of a possible strategic reserve ? |
| 6 | ‘ Did you imagine even for one moment that I would let you go ? ’ |
| 7 | What do you want then for ninety nine P ? |
| 8 | She declared : ‘ We will not let him sit there for seven years . |
| 9 | Nor do they know why for many years , almost to this day , footprints were to be found in a field near to the earthworks of the castle where a famous duel was said to have been fought between two brothers during the Civil War and where no seed would grow . |
| 10 | At 6 he was dispatched to a school at Great Dunham kept by the rector , Richard Ransome , where he remained , enjoying only very brief holidays , until he went to Eton ; nor did he go home for all of his holidays . |
| 11 | Are you saying you 're quite prepared to let them , how they cut it , you 'll let it go on for another two years without you doing anything about it ? |