Example sentences of "[pron] let [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let go a lungful of air , slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan . |
| 2 | If I let go the wind will blow it over . ’ |
| 3 | I let go the chain and gave a final shout , " Now get back in there ! " |
| 4 | She let go the button . |
| 5 | She let pass her abduction from Shrewsbury , she let pass the onslaught of outlaws . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , you let slip a word about it , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ something about making two dozen sausage rolls , so we thought we 'd come along . ’ |
| 7 | Then he let go the bow line , jumped on board , and ran aft to the cockpit . |
| 8 | He let go the clutch , lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank , sand-spit dead ahead . |
| 9 | He still felt the movement of the van and the racing motion of the imagined mowing as , in his turbulent mind 's eye that would not release its trapped images , he let go the clutch on the handle and the motor mower leapt and jolted into movement . |
| 10 | But in his eagerness to demonstrate how wonderful the scheme was , he let drop the fact that in the event of his death Karen would inherit not only the house , fully paid-off under the terms of their endowment mortgage , but also a lump sum amounting to almost half a million pounds . |
| 11 | In the middle of his harrowing report he let slip a sentence , and we hear from that monster of objectivity inside every artist who sees everything as grist to the mill . |