Example sentences of "and let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will stay in our nature until we become aware of the process and let go of the chains that pride puts around us . |
| 2 | Dad flushed and let go of me and went to sit down again . |
| 3 | Giving a bellow of pain and rage , Raimundo jumped a foot in the air and let go of the pony , who took off , jerking to a halt as the slack of the rope ran out . |
| 4 | This is called It Was Good In the afternoon when the sun half close his eyes , ants can be found not working , dogs in their cool places , vandal wall slice through heat , hold and let go of light in rays , in the afternoon when smoke curls like the back of a cat , people lean and braid hair , someone dressed like Christ looked in and said it was good . |
| 5 | Would you like that one again , In the afternoon when the sun half close his eyes , ants can be found not working , dogs in their cool places , vandal wall slice through heat , hold and let go of light in rays , in the afternoon when smoke curls like the back of a cat , people lean and braid hair , someone dressed like Christ looked in and said it was good now we have the dug out how food is presented erm can say so much , at least it does to me and , so that , so that the beginning of this poem became from er the food , piece of food held in the hand of the mayor in this picture . |
| 6 | Hold them at the same height above the ground and let go of them both at the same moment . |
| 7 | The horse , trained to keep calm , hardly moved , but the schoolgirl shrieked in terror and let go of her pram , which ran into the column of marchers ; it hit the man standing next to Clare , who stumbled heavily against her , knocking her sideways . |
| 8 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 9 | And let go of me . ’ |
| 10 | As the Merseysiders struggled to get into the match , Beagrie picked up a short corner on the left and let fly with a tremendous swirling drive that ricocheted into the net off the post . |
| 11 | A stocky , red-faced fellow with hairy warts round his mouth grinned a gap-toothed smile , pulled open a shutter and let fly with a huge arbalest . |
| 12 | The children at the village school eyed the blank windows speculatively , and the bigger boys fingered the catapults hidden in their pockets , longing to pick up pebbles and let fly at this beautiful sitting target . |
| 13 | They went ahead in the 30th minute when Tommy Gaynor skipped away from a couple of tackles and let fly from 25 yards : no sign of gratitude there for Eoin Hand , Huddersfield 's manager , who had helped along his fellow-Irishman 's career in the early days at Limerick . |
| 14 | She came to value what she had learnt from her difficult childhood , and to let go of the past . |
| 15 | Tucking the loaf into her shirt top , Jess wrapped herself monkey-like , legs and arms round the rope , swinging across the scummy water hand over hand , gripping and letting go with easy rhythm until she reached the side of the brig . |
| 16 | The aura of chaos is furthered by the band 's weird demeanour : each member seems to be shuffling to a different beat , while scruffy frontman Ken staggers around the stage , tugging at his hair and letting rip with bloodcurdling screams whenever the fancy takes him . |