Example sentences of "[modal v] let it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once she 's started it she should let it grow in her-until it can survive on its own . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe you should let it drop , love . |
| 3 | ‘ That 's not quite what I meant , but we 'll let it pass . |
| 4 | I 'm not sure about rhyming perestroika with balalaika , Chas Garvey , but I 'll let it pass . |
| 5 | So , whatever Mr Jones has up his sleeve , he 'll let it slide out one of these days and it wo n't make the slightest difference to me . ’ |
| 6 | Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll let it go this time Gatesey , but one of these days I shall have to give you what I should have given you when we were kids . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ All right , Michael , I 'll let it go this time . |
| 9 | I 'll let it go ! |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | wait a minute , we 'll leave that in there we 'll let it go out , see how it goes for a couple of months , Glen will know where we can use any money for that anyway for a couple of months |
| 12 | so we 'll let it drive a bit anyway |
| 13 | I thought to myself : Sit this one out , he 'll let it lie . |
| 14 | We 'll let it lie for now , and if we do get any kind of a big response then maybe we can think about scheduling another programme , but I ca n't honestly see that happening . ’ |
| 15 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 16 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |
| 17 | I suppose I could let it go for this week , though . ’ |
| 18 | So I could let it slip slightly ? |
| 19 | Perhaps she could let it lodge in the frame of her chair , leaving her free to dance . |
| 20 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 21 | So he 'd let it go . |
| 22 | I 'd let it go by and |
| 23 | So , putting it another way , you do n't agree with the principle of a new settlement , but if it happened to be found elsewhere , other than Hambledon , you 'd let it ride ? |
| 24 | To think he would let it fold for the sake of enormous personal gain is , quite frankly , ludicrous . |
| 25 | He would let it pass for now . |
| 26 | ‘ Dearest ghost , did you imagine I would let it go to that hag of a cousin of mine ? |
| 27 | No woman worth the name would let it happen . |
| 28 | Reversing the polarity of both thrusters would bring the vessel to a rapid halt ; swapping the polarity of just one of them would let it turn on a sixpence . |
| 29 | Thomas was a tight old so-and-so , but even he would let it die now . |
| 30 | Do the things that will let it go and then call it back into yourself . ’ |