Example sentences of "to let it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He remembered the red-cheeked embarrassment , and his subsequent determination never to let it show again . |
| 2 | If she could n't help being a coward , at least she could try not to let it show . |
| 3 | You 're prepared to let it show . |
| 4 | Pete felt a stirring of apprehension then , rising like a deepwater fish to the sunlight ; and although he tried not to let it show , Alina seemed to perceive it . |
| 5 | Thrilled , but trying not to let it show , she darted him a look from under her lashes . |
| 6 | A rush of violent jealousy swept through her , but she was absolutely determined not to let it show . |
| 7 | With everyone in the room so happy , Seb tried hard not to let it show that he was the only one less than ecstatic over the forthcoming wedding . |
| 8 | She felt bubbly with fun , and had to try hard not to let it show too much . |
| 9 | ‘ But inside I feel more compassion , really quite deeply — it 's just hard to let it show . ’ |
| 10 | Are there natural pauses in the flow of language which give the viewer time to let it sink in and take shape in the mind ? |
| 11 | Checks are made at the pubs to see that the beer is actually drunk , as serious athletes have been known to let it spill down their vests to cool them off , for which they incur a two minute penalty . |
| 12 | to let it spill in all its silly wonder , |
| 13 | At a certain point , he wrote , you have to let go , he wrote , you have to let it go . |
| 14 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 15 | He was tired of wrestling with it , brooding about it , sometimes looking at his bride 's back with violent puzzlement ; but now , surrounded by this covert attention , he was glad to let it go : he would take tea like a lord with his family . |
| 16 | Fairbrother had not picked up the emphasis in that suggestion , and Richard decided to let it go . |
| 17 | A little calmer , I began to write on the ground with the stick , ‘ Howard is a nut ’ , but was distracted by a tiny blue van in the south and was determined not to let it go by . |
| 18 | You tend to lose the origins of it , but it 's a shame to let it go altogether . |
| 19 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 20 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 21 | Siegel said softly , ‘ If that 's the case , let's hope there is something in his life that he would miss too much to let it go so easily … ’ |
| 22 | Having been given the opportunity to come together , we did n't intend to let it go . |
| 23 | Perhaps best to let it go at that . |
| 24 | He was reluctant to let it go . |
| 25 | I got so committed to the story down there , and I 've got so many friends among the Muslims , Serbs , Croats , peacekeepers and peacemakers that it would be very hard to let it go . |
| 26 | In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go . |
| 27 | I 've given up too much just to let it go . ’ |
| 28 | He 'd be a fool to let it go for under sixteen even to a sitting tenant . " |
| 29 | There was a moment of sudden realisation that we 'd spent four months raising this cash and we were not going to let it go that easily . |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't plan to let it go that far . |