Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb base] [pers pn] go " in BNC.
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1 | Finally they let her go — the mother convinced that a boggle had possessed her daughter and only too glad to see the last of her , the father , heartbroken , soon to submit to an illness which his former self would have beaten off quite easily . |
2 | But stolid stonewalling makes for poor copy and dull viewing , and eventually they let him go , although even then a few of the younger and hungrier among them followed him down the wide staircase and out into Piazza Matteotti , hoping for a belated indiscretion . |
3 | If the police are here they make you go right round and sit and wait . |
4 | He remained like that for a few seconds longer , while they tied his wrists to a pair of iron rings bolted into the wall , and then they let him go and left him dangling there — half in , half out of the river . |
5 | yeah , yeah I must admit it 's a poor do when they know exactly where the criminal 's going to be at a certain time and then they let 'em go |