Example sentences of "let it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he let it go the ram trotted off , barging through the other sheep with the lukal bulging out on either side across its ribcage . |
| 2 | then vanished when she let it go . |
| 3 | ’ His face creased into a fierce frown of concentration , then he let it go , shaking his head . |
| 4 | He let it go at that , smiling to himself as he suggested to Iris Sunderby that she go up to her room and put her things together . |
| 5 | If Iskandara said anything of the matter to James , he let it go no further . |
| 6 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 7 | Jenna had doubts about that now , but she let it go . |
| 8 | Then she let it drop again . |
| 9 | Its significance was lost on him and he let it drop , confused . |
| 10 | Alan gave it back to him , but when he had had two mouthfuls he let it drop . |
| 11 | Her hand reached up to smooth her already immaculate hair before she let it drop abruptly when she saw the amusement on his face . |
| 12 | He smiled thinly , looking pointedly at her hand , and she let it drop to her side . |
| 13 | Moving the light round the half-circle , he let it rest on the third stone from the mouth of the chamber on the right hand side — the one which had been so prominent in his ‘ photograph ’ . |
| 14 | She let it rest in his but said nothing . |
| 15 | She let it rest for longer than she should have done and then moved slightly away . |
| 16 | She let it grow to about half , then left it and took his testicles in her cupped hand . |
| 17 | I had a friend who had long hair and she , she let it grow right the way through . |
| 18 | She let it build , momentarily forgetting the dangers in arguing with him . |
| 19 | She let it soak while she searched again among the water colours . |
| 20 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
| 21 | She let it lift her arms toward him . |
| 22 | But , in pantomime fashion , he let it fumble from his hands and Clarke could hardly believe his luck as he rolled the ball from into the empty net . |
| 23 | If he let it loose here , his chance of becoming chief would vanish . |
| 24 | He loved the way she looked , with her glossy chestnut hair which reached below her waist when she let it loose , and her tinkle of necklaces and trails of silk scarves , and her neat slender legs in their high-heeled shoes , reminding him of gazelles ' legs or gazelles reminded him of her , he supposed , since he must have seen her first . |
| 25 | She let it float around in there , mostly unsecured . |
| 26 | The torch she hardly used at all ; only once or twice , shading it within her palm , she let it flash upon the paler gravel of the path , to align her passage alongside the faintly glowing water , and then snapped it out again quickly , to avoid reliance upon its light as much as to conceal her presence here . |
| 27 | There was a moment when Nicholas could have released his arrow : he let it pass . |
| 28 | Mrs Frizzell had carefully cultivated her , too , but she let it pass , while Margaret complained that all four children had the measles and that she was going to have to leave them alone if the babysitter did not come soon ; she was not going to miss the dance at the Pinetree Club for worlds , and was dear Donna coming ? |
| 29 | But he let it pass . |
| 30 | This time he let it stay . |