Example sentences of "[vb mod] let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Malik did not seem anxious that Mafouz should let go of the ball until he was absolutely ready to do so . |
| 2 | If it does n't come free you should let go . |
| 3 | She must let go . |
| 4 | When you let go , you must let go |
| 5 | Sooner or later parents must let go , but the key issue is how much and how soon . |
| 6 | She must let go . |
| 7 | As well as celebrating the new , people must let go of that part of their past which is now redundant . |
| 8 | The moment your opponent feels these taps he or she must let go immediately . |
| 9 | And yet she felt bound to warn , ‘ But , there has to come a time soon when you must let go of the past … or go to Richard and Beth with all that is in your heart . ’ |
| 10 | She hangs onto me real hard like she 's scared I 'll let go , making this funny noise . |
| 11 | Then I 'll let go . |
| 12 | The only ones I 'll let go are Carly and Bill , they 've got ta catch a plane , er train , and Justin 's got to come back before he heads back to the hotel . |
| 13 | Yes perhaps you 'll let let me know . |
| 14 | Even if he did not allow himself to betray his secret directly he might let slip something that would provide a clue . |
| 15 | When he came in the evening — it was by this time unthinkable that there should be an evening when he did not come — he might let slip something that would make sense of this new move . |
| 16 | Once I talked with a doctor about one such personality , asking if in his opinion X did not need psychiatric help , just so he could let go a little . |
| 17 | He could fish with Mr Burkett — they had caught a fine pike and two trout on the lazy trawl up-lake — he could let go all those minaretted plans , those fantastical ambitions , and be what he was born to be , a jovial , lazy , loved and loving man , getting by . |
| 18 | People wound down by rope , wound by person — rope could break , person could let go . |
| 19 | The talkative bird , which is worth £300 , could let slip the name of one of its captors or even an address which could provide detectives with vital clues . |
| 20 | The last person I 'd let interfere with them would be Daniel . |
| 21 | He gritted his teeth against the shame that welled up at the thought of what he 'd let happen to her , then met her eyes again , smiling . |
| 22 | She 's , she 's let go when she knew that she ought to let go . |
| 23 | S. H. Patrolling up Prescot Road during the war , if I saw a light on , I used to shout , ‘ Put that bloody light out , ’ and if nobody put the light out , we used to let fly with a brick . |
| 24 | The problem was finally solved by fixing a wire to my ankle and running it under the rock to an aqualunged diver , who on a signal from Stuart would tug on the wire and pull me down with the speed of an express lift , and would let go when my face turned blue . |
| 25 | Then slowly , reluctantly almost , they would rise into the air and Rob would let go his breath , and his flight engineer would say , ‘ Bloody lovely , ’ as he always did . |
| 26 | Either he would lose Doctor Who , in which case his small Department would save themselves a very large overhead , or the BBC would let go its purse strings a little and permit Kine to take on more staff and resources to handle such a project . |
| 27 | The pencils I found varied , some would let go of the pigment more easily than others . |
| 28 | If the threat still persists , he will let fly with one or both hindlegs . |
| 29 | I can let go , trusting that everything is happening perfectly . |
| 30 | What do you need to learn from this situation , so that you can let go ? |