Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |
| 2 | On the screen they had let go of the puerto Rican mass murderer 's trousers and he was on his way to the sidewalk , head first , at about seventy miles an hour . |
| 3 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 4 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 5 | Jane thought she 'd better not offer to shake hands in case he let go of the stick and fell over . |
| 6 | He let go of the doorknob and thrust his hands back into his pockets . |
| 7 | The gods smiled on them and she let go of the past . |
| 8 | She let go of the rail and stepped across the landing . |
| 9 | He let go of the door he was clutching for support and tested the muscles in his legs . |
| 10 | She let go of the glass ( whether deliberately or not is unknown ) and the victim was cut by broken glass . |
| 11 | He let go of the handle , and put his large hands round hers , to hold the shears . |
| 12 | It sidestepped nervously , reared , and the slave leading it let go of the rein . |
| 13 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 14 | Marjorie Gedge helped serve on the T-shirt stall and when fans realised her identity , they demanded her autograph . |
| 15 | All this has vanished save for the church , of which St Augustine 's chapel is an original fragment . |
| 16 | Indeed , the slogan of the Partido por la Democracia ( PPD ) — the party she helped found after the demise of the Pinochet regime — is ‘ Democracy in the Country and at Home ’ . |
| 17 | And at me let fly with a ringing broadside . |
| 18 | Many people make do with a cup of coffee which , although it may taste good , does little to support you until lunchtime . |
| 19 | We make do with the dole and Ellie 's going in with a friend who 's just started a café which 'll help with the food . |
| 20 | If there are no ceiling outlets , make do with the kind of floor lamps that have adjustable spots or , if there are wall points , get wall-mounted spots . |
| 21 | Increase her painkillers to a dangerous level , make do with the district nurses and hope she does n't fall again , which is , in fact , her best chance to get back in hospital ! |
| 22 | Every time one of us dares contribute to the debate , she tells us with thriftiness of spirit and consonants of flint that we have no common sense . |
| 23 | It was raining slightly on the day of inspection , but Willis , who had not been able to lay hands on his waterproof " tile " , but made do with a deep-crowned felt hat , stood on duty under the gap in the weather-boards , while an unsuspecting clerk from the agency showed the rest of the boat . |
| 24 | Instead she made do with a holiday in Cornwall with the kids . |
| 25 | Constanza shelved it by promising to take him to Rome after the war for some slap-up ceremony ; meanwhile they made do before a registrar . |
| 26 | A few days later , on 8 June , the scheme was approved on two conditions : no unit was to be diverted from the essential defence of the British Isles ; and the new force must make do with a minimum of arms . |
| 27 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 28 | Instead of completely introjecting the mother and emasculating himself in his unconscious desire to be revenged on her , the believer can make do with an identification with a mythical son who has done just this ( the crucified Christ ) . |
| 29 | This pitch is so called because the 2nd Man , when rattling the bag of acid drops , fervently murmures ‘ Amen ’ to any remarks let fall by the leader while struggling with this steep wall of 8 cubits in stature ! ’ |
| 30 | 210 In all cases between landlord and tenant , as often as it shall happen that one half year 's rent shall be in arrear , and the landlord or lessor , to whom the same is due , hath right by law to re-enter for the non-payment thereof , such landlord or lessor shall and may , without any formal demand or re-entry , serve a writ in ejectment for the recovery of the demised premises , which service shall stand in the place and stead of a demand and re-entry ; and in case of judgment against the defendant for non-appearance , if it shall be made appear to the court where the said action is depending , by affidavit , or be proved upon the trial in case the defendant appears , that half a year 's rent was due before the said writ was served , and that no sufficient distress was to be found on the demised premises , countervailing the arrears then due , and that the lessor had power to re-enter , then and in every such case the lessor shall recover judgment and execution , in the same manner as if the rent in arrear had been legally demanded , and a re-entry made ; and in case the lessee or his assignee , or other person claiming or deriving under the said lease , shall permit and suffer judgment to be had and recovered on such trial in ejectment , and execution to be executed thereon , without paying the rent and arrears , together with full costs , and without proceeding for relief in equity within six months after such execution executed , then and in such case the said lessee , his assignee , and all other persons claiming and deriving under the said lease , shall be barred and foreclosed from all relief or remedy in law or equity , other than by bringing error for reversal of such judgment , in case the same shall be erroneous , and the said landlord or lessor shall from thenceforth hold the said demised premises discharged from such lease ; provided that nothing herein contained shall extend to bar the right of any mortgagee of such lease , or any part thereof , who shall not be in possession , so as such mortgagee shall and do , within six months after such judgment obtained and execution executed pay all rent in arrear , and all costs and damages sustained by such lessor or person entitled to the remainder or reversion as aforesaid , and perform all the covenants and agreements which , on the part and behalf of the first lessee , are and ought to be performed . |