Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Let it snow till it reaches the chimney-pots , " he says to himself . |
| 2 | He also let it drop that Prince Andrew was a close friend who trusted him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Let it go before someone starts a fund to pay for his defence . |
| 5 | She took another breath then let it go before she asked , ‘ When shall I phone ? ’ |
| 6 | always ask me never never just let it go and think , Oh well perhaps I 'll understand it later . |
| 7 | Because you get , all you do is , is press that button up there and let it go and you can talk . |
| 8 | He would live out one more life , back on the planet , in this new body ; let it age and die . |
| 9 | Let it sit if it wanted to . |
| 10 | we can do she put an ice cube on the splodge let it melt and when it drys out the carpet comes up again but I do n't know if it 'll work but it ca n't do any harm , can it ? |
| 11 | Let it stand till it be cold , and then serve it up . |
| 12 | Yeah well put a bowl in there and let it stand and that and that 'll erm go into the vinegar . |
| 13 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 14 | Well it 's like erm an it 's like it make it fancy and it goes |
| 15 | ‘ Use it up , wear it out ; make it do or do without ! ’ the old New England maximum goes . |
| 16 | In the arena the rider has to halt the horse , make it pace and do figures and turns . |
| 17 | Make it secure and tight , and sew in place at the finish |
| 18 | Examples like these make it appear that the performance of manufacturers ' software can always be bettered . |
| 19 | And the keynote speaker at the Republican Convention , Thomas Kean , Governor of New Jersey , apparently felt it necessary to assert that ‘ we will search out bigotry and racism — we will drag it into the sunshine of understanding and make it wither and die ’ . |
| 20 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 21 | I suppose you thought you 'd paint Paula in a bad light and make it seem as though she could n't be bothered to go . |
| 22 | Make it look like she 's fallen and struck 'er head — no tell-tale marks , mind ! |
| 23 | ‘ I thought the idea was to let the funeral go ahead , or at least make it look like it was ; he was bound to be here . |
| 24 | Make it look like you 're singing along . ’ |
| 25 | But if you 're really stuck and you 've got a third question that you ca n't come up with I mean y'know sort of blur it , fudge it and make it look like there 's a sort of metamorphic answer there and we can sort of say well that 's sort of twenty percent or something and then that counts and it may carry you over . |
| 26 | Foucard said : ‘ You make it sound as though he is the most boring man in the world . ’ |
| 27 | You make it sound as though you cared about my welfare ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You make it sound as though we had a reasonable discussion , instead of which you threatened to throw me out — no matter what . |
| 29 | ‘ You make it sound as though there are juggernauts forever roaming around , ’ Ashley said tetchily . |
| 30 | ‘ You make it sound as though life is passing him by . ’ |