Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] let it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm , I 'm , quite amazed that , that , the question has even been asked , you know , that er that , that , er is this a good thing , I mean er presumably the people that are arguing that it 's not a good thing and that are concerned about events are actually condoning imperialism , er these people seem to think that it 's okay for a country to be occupied er like Poland was occupied by Germany and Czechoslovakia and France , that 's okay er and in fact you know we should just turn a blind eye to it and just let it carry on forever . |
| 2 | I decide to stop thinking about it and just let it happen . |
| 3 | And just let it come out a bit more . |
| 4 | If you putt the ball , you can hit it firmly to the top of the bank and simply let it roll down to the hole . |
| 5 | Set it on its feet , he wrote , and then let it go . |
| 6 | Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it . |
| 7 | Now tense the whole of your right leg and then let it go . |
| 8 | He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go . |
| 9 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 10 | Maria made a tiny whimpering sound as Luke moved a hand to the tautness of one high breast and then let it drop to rest a moment on her lap . |
| 11 | Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily . |
| 12 | The fact that we did n't win when we were so close and then let it slip is very disappointing . ’ |
| 13 | Take in breath quickly through the mouth and then let it escape in an even hiss . |
| 14 | Was it two times that 's what I do and then and then let it harden off and then |
| 15 | I , on the other hand — ’ Rostov lifted his free hand in a dismissive gesture , and then let it fall again . |
| 16 | He held the parcel out and then let it fall , and it had time enough to turn lazily over before it landed with a solid smack on the terrace below and bounced towards the rail . |
| 17 | He lifted her arm again and then let it fall onto the sheet . |
| 18 | ‘ Luke — ’ Shaken , desperately needing to know the cause of such possessiveness , Maria lifted a hand and then let it fall helplessly . |
| 19 | I venture that the real reason Labour 's spin-doctors raised electoral reform in a clumsy and cynical way on Democracy Day , and then let it get out of control , was that none of them had actually read the Plant report . |
| 20 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 21 | If we stopped trying to rig the market in money and instead let it change hands between willing borrowers and willing lenders , its price would certainly tumble and might just about halve . |
| 22 | They were in control of life and never let it buffet them about . |