Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In virtually equating doubt and unbelief they make doubt the opposite of faith in a way that is true neither to the Bible nor to what we know of human knowledge . |
| 2 | Our aim is to get them out of the chair , cut the chains and let enjoy the freedom of the sea . |
| 3 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 4 | ‘ It might be a good idea if I just wander into the shop when it opens , let drop the fact that I 'm a vet , and see if the owner is interested . ’ |
| 5 | Let denote the set of all possible h t 's and HB t denote the set of all possible k's . |
| 6 | With a roar , Lachlan let go the rudder and leaped at Farquhar . |
| 7 | He winched in hard and let go the lashings round the rolled bedsheets . |
| 8 | And he set the plough , let go the handles and walked alongside the horses as they ploughed . |
| 9 | Gedanken let go the button . |
| 10 | ‘ This time it 's only a practice run ; listen carefully ; the door will have to be opened ; that 's your job Tim ; Derek , you hold the life-line cord , drop the dinghy when I say , but forget what I told you at Blackpool — this time let go the handle when the line jerks tight ! |
| 11 | If I let go the wind will blow it over . ’ |
| 12 | Let go the stays ! |
| 13 | I let go the chain and gave a final shout , " Now get back in there ! " |
| 14 | Mathers let go the wheel to get a cigarette from his shirt with one hand and press the dashboard lighter with the other . |
| 15 | Let go the tension spot . |
| 16 | DeVore laughed , uncomfortable , then let go the hand , certain now . |
| 17 | I got up the anchor , rowed what I estimated to be about five yards , and then let go the anchor again , and peered ahead . |
| 18 | Some time ago Jacques Delors let slip the speculation that in the mid 1990 's perhaps 80 per cent of domestic economic legislation would derive from Brussels . |
| 19 | A careful consideration of the nature of virtues , or of the lives of the saints and apostles may help , as will meditation on the Passion and Mary , whose virtues enabled Christ to be born and make manifest the wisdom and goodness of God . |
| 20 | Working time , including overtime , should be decided by local voluntary agreement and I do emphasize the word voluntary . |
| 21 | But if the cultural materialists tend to place a politics rather than a problem as the starting point of their enquiry , they do emphasize the deployment of specialized knowledges in the service of the popular political struggles of today . |
| 22 | Do think the rest of us in , in , in the Western world have a duty to give them money to , to help sort out the pollution problem ? |
| 23 | But I do think the minister er should er b be quite clear about that point er because er it may be of crucial importance , not just to the industry , er but also to the public interest who will want to know what the position is so far as er er these matters are concerned . |
| 24 | I really do think the backpass rule completely fucked him up . |
| 25 | ‘ I do think the courts should have powers to send really persistent , nasty little juvenile offenders away somewhere where they will be looked after better and where they will be educated , ’ Mr Clarke said . |
| 26 | So I do think the development at that level has something pretty profound to say . |
| 27 | But I do think the vocabulary will be lost very shortly now . |
| 28 | Therefore , I do think the wording of this implies a lack of er , er of research and and erm the implication |
| 29 | Well I do think the majority do , yeah . |
| 30 | ‘ Not necessarily , but I do think the crate contains the kegs . ’ |