Example sentences of "[verb] it [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 2 | She let it soak while she searched again among the water colours . |
| 3 | but he let it lapse because |
| 4 | As a textile man I do n't mind woolliness too much but I do object to vagueness because this motion is so vague that it can mean as much as you want it to mean while , at the same time , it says to little as to leave an escape route for it 's supporters . |
| 5 | It 's a bit on t'spongy side , so Aah wants it finished afore t'rains come . ’ |
| 6 | Do you think we 'd have let it happen if we 'd known ? |
| 7 | The reader can examine the program and prevent it running if it looks suspicious . |
| 8 | SNH says it doubts whether smaller local authorities could maintain effective strategic planning which it sees as crucial to the continued conservation and enhancement of Scotland 's natural heritage . |
| 9 | She says it looks like finance is more important than old people . |
| 10 | He says it means if a planning permission is granted , tenants farmers can loose all or part of their land or buildings . |
| 11 | Granny had a cheerful fire burning in the hearth , and she made Mary take her uniform off and put it to dry while she had lemonade and biscuits . |
| 12 | Push the ends of the roll towards the centre , so the pastry crinkles ( this will prevent it tearing when the roll is curved ) . |
| 13 | I hope it works as well for you as it has me . |
| 14 | I hope it works as I admire any attempt to bring a book more awareness . |
| 15 | " Let it snow till it reaches the chimney-pots , " he says to himself . |
| 16 | Corbett let it drop as the trumpets brayed again and royal serjeants-at-arms , staves in their hands , moved into the hall and began to impose order . |
| 17 | Let it go before someone starts a fund to pay for his defence . |
| 18 | She took another breath then let it go before she asked , ‘ When shall I phone ? ’ |
| 19 | Let it sit if it wanted to . |
| 20 | Let it stand till it be cold , and then serve it up . |
| 21 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've often seen it falling when I 've come home through a raid , from that Anti Aircraft gun . |
| 23 | Perhaps she had seen it happen while in this automatic state . |
| 24 | He had seen it work while at Delta . |
| 25 | We have seen it regarded as something it could not be . |
| 26 | They wanted to make it work though and they could n't have made it work unless they had had the I mean the right conditions to do so . |
| 27 | You could 've made it work if the peasants if the peasants were revolutionary , if the peasants had changed their value system and were n't and that there were very few who were still working within the economy . |
| 28 | ‘ You have n't had it done since you came here , and that 's nearly four months ago now . ’ |
| 29 | Over the door the others are flat and they 've had it done although the roof |
| 30 | We had a good view of Sao Paulo as we flew over it — so massive , it looks bigger than New York , and you can almost see it grow as you watch it , because all round the outskirts of the city are straggling half-finished ‘ shanty town housing estates ’ , with dirt roads and little hut-like dwellings , as it seemed from the air . |