Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pron] go " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I cross that bridge quite often and I am surprised the county council has let it go so far .
2 My best man , Alan , has made everything go smoothly , and made his contribution to what has seemed the perfect day .
3 Perhaps I should have let them go .
4 ‘ You should n't have let him go off by himself !
5 ‘ I know we should n't have let him go , but I did n't feel we know him well enough to tell him he was too drunk to drive . ’
6 You should have let me go . ’
7 Right I shall have let me go and get the matches .
8 If you and your kind had made it obligatory for a ship to carry a drogue , all ready bent , for letting go , I would have let one go .
9 Presumably the French had believed her , or they would hardly have let her go .
10 I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’
11 He would never have let her go if he had n't been distracted by his own interests .
12 And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past .
13 Dr Myerscough said he would not have let her go home without repeating the traces of the heartbeat or if she had gone home she would have been asked to attend on alternate days for check-ups .
14 ‘ I should n't have let you go in there , ’ Pascoe said .
15 ‘ I should have let you go to Tibet , ’ Paul says .
16 I thought you were an experienced professional or I 'd never have let you go in the first place !
17 I would n't have let you go without a fight , though , even if the hell had driven you to it .
18 If you 'd gone into a , with an opposing team 's colours into a standing zone police would n't have let you go in there let alone wa you wanting to go there .
19 You must have let someone go before now .
20 I guess he must have seen him go in sometime late , and come out the next morning . ’
21 ‘ If you got as far as Spargo 's you must have seen him go under the scaffolding . ’
22 The ole cow must 'ave seen me go in there from the winder an' suddenly the law pounces on me .
23 He also expressed irritation about the way Tony seemed to have let himself go in the last few months , since he had become unemployed .
24 ‘ You ought not to have let her go with Rose , ’ he said reproachfully .
25 I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade !
26 How could I have been so blind to have let you go … ? ’
27 She went , and Alice sat still until she had heard her go up the stairs , and the closing of her door .
28 With and without the capital S. You 've heard him go on about those selective hierarchies ? ’
29 The social worker who took on the referral found him somewhat embarrassed by his present circumstances , and the degree to which he had let himself go .
30 The refectory had been built when there was money around for building and the architect had let himself go with walls of glass and a high curving ceiling panelled in pastel colours .
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