Example sentences of "let it happen " in BNC.

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1 Do you think we 'd have let it happen if we 'd known ?
2 ‘ You know I 'd never have let it happen like that , ’ Aunt Sarah said presently .
3 I would n't have let it happen . ’
4 ABBERLEY : You 've let it happen .
5 Leading names appearing again and very impressive too were Angela Harding , Jenny McIlwrath and Paddy Jenkins , with some fine singing by Lynne McAllister in ‘ Let it Happen ’ .
6 Adopt a ‘ let it happen ’ attitude .
7 Her advice is , ‘ Let it happen to you .
8 Let it happen to your partner .
9 BUT LET IT HAPPEN FIRST ! ’
10 Feel vibration from your own voice through the vibrator ; do n't think about it or analyse how it happens — just let it happen .
11 Relax — and let it happen .
12 I decide to stop thinking about it and just let it happen .
13 Sixty years ago when the Nazis began their attacks on Jews and foreigners , ordinary citizens stood back and let it happen .
14 and we let it happen .
15 This is — I suppose we ca n't do other than let it happen . ’
16 When it comes to fear of war or local problems , like the fear of being mugged , you do n't have to sit back spinelessly and let it happen .
17 If it must , let it happen .
18 If he 's going to die on us , let it happen somewhere else .
19 She dared not let it happen again .
20 Did you find wh when you were being bullied or when other people were being physically intimidated that other soldiers would help them or would they just stand by and let it happen ?
21 Fran could n't in all conscience let it happen to Luke Calder now if there was a chance that she could help prevent it .
22 But there again I do n't know how much of the er , whose fault that was , whether they should of done , I mean it 's , it 's the same as Oldbury and Dunwich is n't it , how that just went into the sea , they let it happen
23 Having resolved never to let it happen again , she aims to provide not only for her retirement but for her daughter Gemma , aged ten , who with luck will be well settled into her career by the time Margaret 's DOUBLE PAYOUT policy matures .
24 ‘ There 's always a self-imposed pressure , especially when you 're starting out — ‘ Shit , I 've got to come through big-time on this ’ — but you just have to let it happen ; if it does n't happen today it 'll happen tomorrow .
25 In 1982 he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct and undertook not to let it happen again .
26 Sometimes we learn something , other times we think , to be honest , ‘ What a wally to let it happen . ’
27 ‘ I must ask you not to let it happen again . ’
28 And to think I was such a fool as to let it happen when I was thirty-five ! ’ ’
29 How could she have been foolish enough to let it happen ? she asked herself inwardly as the lift slowed and stopped , and its wide metal doors sighed open .
30 Oh , you 'll try not to let it happen , but tonight , when you 're lying awake in your bed , unable to sleep , you 'll find yourself wondering again and again about what 's happened .
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