Example sentences of "he let it [verb] " 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 | ’ His face creased into a fierce frown of concentration , then he let it go , shaking his head . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | If Iskandara said anything of the matter to James , he let it go no further . |
| 5 | If he let it loose here , his chance of becoming chief would vanish . |
| 6 | There was a moment when Nicholas could have released his arrow : he let it pass . |
| 7 | But he let it pass . |
| 8 | This time he let it stay . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | He let it come erect , then looked at it , with Hannele in his mind 's eye simultaneously . |
| 14 | He let it fall and they ran down through the field after Caspar . |
| 15 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 16 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
| 17 | The guy who owns it was shouting all kinds of stuff and he let it slip . |
| 18 | Nonetheless he let it ring , feeling closer to her even through this tenuous connection , because his phone was ringing in her flat . |
| 19 | It was a fantastic round , but really , you know , he let it get away from him . |
| 20 | but he let it lapse because |
| 21 | He let it slither down the roof to the building 's guttering . |