Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That will give us many important opportunities which we must not let drop . |
| 2 | Odd-Knut said that you must never let go of the sledge , I say again and again to myself as I am pulled through snow heaps and ruts . |
| 3 | ‘ Jay , she might never let go . |
| 4 | When 1951 ended he could justifiably let rip in more frivolous fashion on ‘ Huntin' , Shootin' and Fishin' ’ decorations for the Chelsea Arts Ball at which he saw in the new year . |
| 5 | Now that she was going to stay on in France for a while and not go back to her old school , she 'd already let go of those friends . |
| 6 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
| 7 | There was a momentary hesitation while he considered the implications , but it was one of the many challenges he could n't let go . |
| 8 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 9 | It was as if they were clinging to each other , and they could n't let go . |
| 10 | But somehow she could n't let go . |
| 11 | Felipe issued the order very calmly but she just could n't let go . |
| 12 | I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady . |
| 13 | She 'd never let go of him , either , even when their affair was over , and he was tramping the globe looking for Nirvana . |
| 14 | She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . |
| 15 | She would tell him anything he wanted to know if he would just let go of her , let her get away from him . |
| 16 | They would not let go . |
| 17 | He would not let go of it . |
| 18 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 19 | It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go … |
| 20 | As did Edward York 's Basilio-he had it , but would n't let go of it . |
| 21 | ‘ Got my head in a leg-lock and would n't let go . |
| 22 | She tugged at her hand , but he would n't let go . |
| 23 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 24 | I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him . |
| 25 | Would n't let go of his hand-grenade . |
| 26 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 27 | The pack would n't let go . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 29 | there was no sort of , you know , about handshake or anything daft like that he just , he just would n't let go of my hand so I had to pull off really . |
| 30 | ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go . |