Example sentences of "[noun] have let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 21 ) a ) So if the person has to let go of the trolley , it will stop automatically so does n't run away . |
| 2 | Midnight had let go . |
| 3 | But from what Cliff had let slip he had been a poor father , an unpopular and unsuccessful schoolmaster yet with unreasonable ambitions for his only son . |
| 4 | Another one to fall by the wayside with a 78 was Ray Floyd , who had picked up the US Open title Norman had let slip through his grasp a few weeks before . |
| 5 | The Woman had let go of Tug 's shoulders as soon as the door opened . |
| 6 | In an unguarded moment , Iris had let drop that , while Bonard was paying her expenses , she was receiving no fee to run the course . |
| 7 | She roamed back thoughtfully into childhood memories , hunting for the little clues her mother and grandmother had let fall about him , and the sum of them all was remarkably meagre . |
| 8 | At the very centre of the ‘ precinct ’ ( pedestrianised in the 1960s ) , the architects have let rip with yards of steel rails , attached to posts and festooned with lights , encircling a ‘ performance area ’ . |
| 9 | Because when , without so much as a scrap of protest , Ven had let go of her just now , she had started to get the idea that perhaps he had n't desired her anywhere near as much as she had wanted him . |
| 10 | This view of him had been built up gradually , partly as a result of that interview with Rodriguez back in Mexico City , and partly from the bits and pieces of information Ward had let fall . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm so glad , ’ Leith replied , knowing from the very few comments Rosemary had let drop that she must have gone through a most unhappy time before Derek had finally left . |