Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 2 | She let him go in alone to break the news to Chris . |
| 3 | Mike let her go with rueful amusement in his dark eyes as she made her way towards the lift , having refused all offers of help with her overnight bag , which she slung over one shoulder . |
| 4 | She ‘ let her mask of moderate respectability slip yesterday ’ , it says . |
| 5 | Shouldering the gun in the sure knowledge that the Doctor would be seriously pissed off if she let it fall into local hands in this time zone , she drew the grenade from her pockets , and poked her head up just long enough to check the distance . |
| 6 | Let them flow in ceaseless praise . |
| 7 | They review this possibility annually and he explained that when they have identified children who will go back they let them go into mainstream school for at first a morning and then one day a week . |
| 8 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 9 | But that rotten yellow-gutted two-timing little toad " — I let him go on like that a while , to get it out of his system . |
| 10 | Mr Ainslie dismissed Christie 's strength in Old Master Paintings as a London phenomenon and , when asked to comment on Christie 's Chairman Lord Carrington 's statement that Christie 's were now the largest auction house in Europe with a market share of 48% , said ‘ let him wait till mid 1992 . |
| 11 | His right shoulder crashes forward as he spins , to jolt me off balance and let him come in close . |
| 12 | let it go on general consumption |
| 13 | Or bottle all my aggression up and let it turn into high blood pressure ? |
| 14 | Let it roll on full good , inexorable , irresistible , benignant , to the broader lands and better days . |
| 15 | In order to tackle the problem let us think of short-term and long-term strategy . |
| 16 | Then let us speak of other matters . |
| 17 | So let us start with present-day society and compare it with the situation twenty years or so ago , and then compare that generation with its predecessor . |
| 18 | However let us return to local elections . |
| 19 | Then a negotiation could be conducted along the lines ‘ You take my opium — I take your Islands in return — we are therefore Quits , — & thenceforth if you please let us live in friendly Communion and good fellowship ’ ( Jardine to Palmerston , 5 December 1839 ) . |
| 20 | Let us begin with social attitudes to ageing . |
| 21 | But let us turn to specific details of the present government 's technological achievements . |
| 22 | Let us turn to social implications . |
| 23 | First , let us look at surplus labour . |
| 24 | The same applies to our Conservative members , let us know in due course . |
| 25 | Please let us know in future readership surveys ! |
| 26 | I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? ) |
| 27 | Do you think I could bear to let you sink into ignominious disgrace ? ’ |
| 28 | In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron . |
| 29 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 30 | The most attractive way of dealing with slurry is simply to let it ferment in sealed vessels into safe fertiliser and useful biogas ( a mixture of methane and CO ) . |