Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | and let it unpeel to heaven |
2 | There 're so many wild oranges on the island that when they 're ripe the boys and girls go out in gangs , pick them by the thousand , squeeze out all the juice and let it ferment in casks until it 's ready for a week-long celebration . |
3 | Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things . |
4 | A degenerate male voice exhorted its hearers to give it love or let it die in peace . |
5 | Fran could n't in all conscience let it happen to Luke Calder now if there was a chance that she could help prevent it . |
6 | After overnight negotiations the authorities agreed to refuel the plane and let it fly to Pakistan on condition that the remaining 38 passengers and crew would be released on arrival . |
7 | He brought it out of his trouser pocket , held the straight end and let it uncoil in front of her until the loop swung down . |
8 | If you do not feel the tinkling , repeat the hum but make it lower in pitch . |
9 | So make it compete with outsiders . |
10 | Once that knowledge is gained , it can be used to explain events in the natural world , to make predictions about what will happen in the natural world , and thus to control that world and make it behave in ways that are , at least in theory , to the advantage of the controllers . |
11 | It was hard enough to stare at his photograph and make it come to life , but it was impossible to imagine the figure in the picture living in the sort of conditions which Normandin and others had described . |
12 | ‘ You make it sound like part of a publicity exercise , ’ she interrupted . |
13 | Thus , there is some degree of selfdetermination in the ship case because we are free to shut our eyes , to cross the river and see it move from right to left , free to jump into the water and watch it coming towards us , free to determine the speed with which it passes across our visual field by moving our eyes with or against its movement . |