Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you have to steal : If you have an expensive car sitting in the driveway , or inadvertently let slip in the pub about your latest classy hi-fi , you could be drawing attention to your house as being potentially worth breaking into . |
| 2 | Charlie felt he had suffered enough insults for one day and suddenly let rip , ‘ Sergeant Trumper , 7312087 . |
| 3 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 4 | Switch off the television set , follow the recipes , get out and walk , and just LET GO . |
| 5 | LWT revealed the details of a similar scheme yesterday and also let slip that its advertising revenue and market share were on the slide . |
| 6 | Ruth stayed still , kneeling on the yellow shore , and presently let go of Fand 's dead hand . |
| 7 | She screwed her face tight and then let go and relaxed the muscles . |
| 8 | And then let go . |
| 9 | I got up the anchor , rowed what I estimated to be about five yards , and then let go the anchor again , and peered ahead . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , there was that young man they arrested and then let go , and Mr Willard , of course , and who knows how many others ? |
| 11 | You 've got ta hold it down and then let go . |
| 12 | Well , if I draft something and then let look at it cos she made notes ? |
| 13 | Sit it on a hill and wait till the enemy is within half range and then let fly . |
| 14 | Those of us who wish to push forward must acknowledge the pain it may cause and help those affected to grieve , and then to let go of values and ideas which may no longer be relevant . |
| 15 | Picking the note and then letting go of the arm allows the note to rise in pitch , giving that requisite smooth gliss into the note . |
| 16 | Owen 's black eyes , deep-set and far-seeing , stared blindly inward , narrowed after some vision they had almost captured , and yet let slip . |
| 17 | An American handbook called Divorce — how and when to let go confidently affirms the easy destructibility of the marriage bond . |
| 18 | It swallows up everything within range and never lets go of them ! ’ |
| 19 | It was a faint constellation lying between Leo and Gemini , and a twelfth of the world 's population born under its sign had long pincers and never let go . |