Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she let it fall open , and began to read immediately , as if she had known it , ‘ 'Why , [ Mrs Ramsay ] asked , pressing her chin on James ’ head , should they grow up so fast ? |
| 2 | He let it come erect , then looked at it , with Hannele in his mind 's eye simultaneously . |
| 3 | Wickham had let it become obvious that important parts of his story did not coincide with the version supplied by the only other person on the spot but Tavett maintained that what he said was correct . |
| 4 | Sapped of all energy , Belinda fell listlessly through the door , let it drift shut behind her and slumped on the bed , utterly confused about what had just happened . |
| 5 | Let it stay that way . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I let it go cheap . |
| 7 | I said , but other people let it go wrong and they got away with it . |
| 8 | Weaver had a Council flat , but let it go three months back . |
| 9 | Rub the meat with salt ( about a couple of tablespoonsful ) and let it stand overnight or at least a few hours before cutting it into 1 ½-inch thick strips along the grooves left by the bones . |
| 10 | " Fill your Sillabub pot half full with sider , and good store of sugar , and a little nutmeg , stir it well together , and put in as much cream by two or three spoonfuls at a time , as hard as you can , as though you milk it in ; then stir it together very softly once about , and let it stand two hours before you eat it , for the standing makes it curd . " |
| 11 | This stage of training an owl is much more difficult than doing the same stage with a falcon , because with a falcon you just stick a hood over its head and let it get used to all the different noises . |
| 12 | " Scald a sufficient quantity of fruit , and pulp it through a sieve , add sugar agreeable to taste , make a thick layer of this at the bottom of your dish : mix a pint of milk , a pint of cream , and the yolks of two eggs : scald it over the fire , observing to stir it : add a small quantity of sugar , and let it get cold : then lay it over the apples or gooseberries with a spoon , and put on the whole a whip [ a syllabub ] made the day before . |
| 13 | BUT LET IT HAPPEN FIRST ! ’ |
| 14 | They let it lye three or four days in this Condition ; which Time they allowe , as well to give the dead Person an Opportunity of Coming to Life again , if his Soul has not quite left his Body , as to prepare Mourning , and the Ceremonies of the Funerall . |
| 15 | This is an attempt to loosen up your mind and let it accept alternative ideas . |
| 16 | As it stole towards him , Dr Neil made no move , did not move himself or it , when she put her own hand on his , but let it lie lax , so that she felt no threat from him . |
| 17 | Slowly she raised her hands , unpicked her hair , and let it fall free . |
| 18 | But you have to hold it down like that , and not let it burst free and flop trembling onto the table . ’ |
| 19 | Now clench your jaw tight , then on an outward breath let it flop open . |
| 20 | After about five minutes you may need to change the blotters but , eventually , when it looks as if it is not going to curl , you can remove the weight and let it air dry . |
| 21 | Alright , I mean , erm , I do n't know if you 'll be able to see this right , erm , let's just do it like that , I have n't got the overhead with me today . |
| 22 | No , not your style , what I 'm saying is , yes you can do it turn that damn thing off ! |
| 23 | It seems that this change is based on advice received from the Royal Society of Chemistry , though it has not been applied in the latest issue of Chemistry in Britain , neither can I recollect having seen it mention any possibility of change . |
| 24 | Dexter had seen it happen many times before : the moment when a human being slips from conversation into confession , the moment when what seemed like a universal desire to atone for wickedness overwhelmed the conflicting wish for self-preservation . |
| 25 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 26 | He 's been head teacher here for seven years and has seen it get some of the best exam results in the country . |
| 27 | As well as protecting domestic firms ' market share , the obvious motivation for the Polish government legislation would appear to be its desire to induce Western firms to invest in the local high-tech industry , a policy that has also seen it pursue interventionist policies in the fields of telecommunications and electronic components — all areas for which Poland was earmarked as a specialist under mechanisms instigated by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 28 | ‘ I had n't quite seen it like that , ’ McLeish acknowledged humbly , remembering that the beautiful woman in front of him , whom you could not suppose ever to have encountered rejection in any form , had lost a father when young , and had been so little attached to her stepfather that she had left home at the earliest opportunity . |
| 29 | Now have you seen it like that ? |
| 30 | I have never seen it like that . |