Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] loose " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grateful driver told the farmer that his cargo consisted of 47 foxes which were being transported from the Midlands to be let loose in Wales by order of the RSPCA . |
| 2 | The others followed , all of the same murderous breed , twenty killers to be let loose on the tiny defenceless country which Trent had learnt to love for its simplicity and innocence as much as for the variety of its natural beauty . |
| 3 | But school chiefs were stunned to think that a sex offender was going to be let loose to warn children of the dangers of immoral goings-on . |
| 4 | Not , definitely not , at all events to be let loose on Miss Tilley . |
| 5 | Mr Tony Bridge , Chairman of the Governing Body proposed a toast : ‘ Napier University ’ and this was the signal for hundreds of balloons to be let loose from the parapet of Merchiston Tower . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't face that girl , I ca n't tell her the sadistic bastard that raped her is going to be let loose . ’ |
| 7 | I think , I think most criminals , I mean , there there must be one or two who er er , too dangerous to be let loose on society , |