Example sentences of "let [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let make an axe for the nones , |
| 2 | The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’ |
| 3 | At the Passover Eve meal the stories of the plagues are recited , and with each one a finger is dipped in a glass of wine and a drop of the wine let fall on to a plate . |
| 4 | Nothing so true as what you once let fall , |
| 5 | Sour old Mr Piggott , who had looked in at St Andrew 's , let fall an ejaculation quite unsuitable to its surroundings , and emerging from the vestry door , crunched purposefully and maliciously upon a piece of coke to relieve his feelings . |
| 6 | This pitch is so called because the 2nd Man , when rattling the bag of acid drops , fervently murmures ‘ Amen ’ to any remarks let fall by the leader while struggling with this steep wall of 8 cubits in stature ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should rather say it was something he inadvertently let fall that led me to believe there might be a legal case to answer . ’ |
| 8 | A further detail which supports the view that let evokes the lifting of all obstacles to the event denoted by the infinitive and concomitant actualization of the latter is the tendency for let to form a tight unit with the infinitives of certain verbs : ( 222 ) Kreisler let fall a further heavy hint . |
| 9 | The group formed by let and the following infinitive is so close in these uses that it is the equivalent of a single verb : let fall corresponds to drop , let know to inform , etc . |
| 10 | If you have any details of , are related to , employ or indeed work as a scientist , in whatever capacity , please let know . |
| 11 | The group formed by let and the following infinitive is so close in these uses that it is the equivalent of a single verb : let fall corresponds to drop , let know to inform , etc . |
| 12 | PLEASE let know about any unsold tickets by Friday 8th November . |
| 13 | Please let know if you are coming to the Medau Dinner Dance on Saturday 7th May 1988 to be held at the Zoological Gardens Members ' Restaurant , . |
| 14 | Immediately after this big moment the earth is convulsed with horror we have Eve 's first speech , presumably after the fall the first speech in a state of sin , and this is it ‘ Oh sovereign virtuous , precious of all trees in Paradise , of operation blest to sapinense hitherto obscured in famed and thy fair fruit let hang as to not end created , but henceforth my early care not without song each morning and dew/due pray shall tend thee and the fertile burden ease of thy full branches offered free to all . |
| 15 | Our aim is to get them out of the chair , cut the chains and let enjoy the freedom of the sea . |
| 16 | ‘ When you have been oppressed and let free you are like a bird out of a cage . |
| 17 | Right , let see , erm , er , who 's got their notes ? |
| 18 | and proposals and I 'd like to start with a vote just to find out what kind of hundred this is , do you have a driving licence ? , button one for yes and button two for no seventy two of this hundred have a driving licence which I think is some way above the National average , let me ask you do you have the use of a car or other vehicle whenever you want it ? , button one for yes and button two for no and of seventy two er licence holders , sixty three have the use of a car which again I think is some way over the National average , now what cars do you have ? , now let see what people are driving here there |
| 19 | Let see what 's in there , oh apple |
| 20 | Er if you just let look . |
| 21 | Well , if I draft something and then let look at it cos she made notes ? |
| 22 | Possibly — she just let drop that they 're moving offices . ’ |
| 23 | But I spent a few bob buying drinks for a couple of old OSS types who 'd turned up in their London station and they took pity on me and let drop the codename : Winter Garden . |
| 24 | ‘ It might be a good idea if I just wander into the shop when it opens , let drop the fact that I 'm a vet , and see if the owner is interested . ’ |
| 25 | Worried that the Colonel might leap into army talk for which he had neither the preparation nor the inclination , Hope let flow a hand and beckoned in all about them . |
| 26 | I see let take it from the other end , why did you have to take the insertion of the contingency fund of the estimates |
| 27 | LIVE AND LET DIE |
| 28 | Give and let die |
| 29 | Watch how she rock , move your body , let man them come , get up and move . |
| 30 | If we let indicate that part of the surplus-value which serves for the personal consumption of the capitalists , and that which is turned into capital , thus , it we make and correspondingly , if we further let indicate that part of the surplus-value which is accumulated as a part of the constant capital , and that part of the surplus-value which is to be accumulated as a part of the variable capital , and thus posit and correspondingly thus the general formula for the product of both departments takes on the following form : |