Example sentences of "back and [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sixty years ago when the Nazis began their attacks on Jews and foreigners , ordinary citizens stood back and let it happen . |
| 2 | I decided to lie back and let it happen , and put it down to ‘ supernature ’ ; I 've witnessed it before . |
| 3 | This is mind-boggling black-comic stuff , but Holland , perhaps overwhelmed by the weight of the Holocaust taking place just out of frame , seems to sit back and let it happen . |
| 4 | ‘ You can not sit back and let it happen . |
| 5 | All these analogies present a picture of God setting the process up ( creating ) , and then effectively sitting back and letting it continue of its own accord . |