Example sentences of "[vb pp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are let know by it that she is a person of Taste … |
| 2 | This view of him had been built up gradually , partly as a result of that interview with Rodriguez back in Mexico City , and partly from the bits and pieces of information Ward had let fall . |
| 3 | She roamed back thoughtfully into childhood memories , hunting for the little clues her mother and grandmother had let fall about him , and the sum of them all was remarkably meagre . |
| 4 | I should n't have been let touch it . ’ |
| 5 | Or not been let run up against them ) , and then the " ungrammaticality " of *John was seen leave is explained by the absence of to . |
| 6 | In an unguarded moment , Iris had let drop that , while Bonard was paying her expenses , she was receiving no fee to run the course . |
| 7 | ‘ Next , ’ said Amaranth , who had let drop the first two scarves on to the heads of the assembled press men , ‘ we have Gerald Kaufman , all vinegar and no chips . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm so glad , ’ Leith replied , knowing from the very few comments Rosemary had let drop that she must have gone through a most unhappy time before Derek had finally left . |
| 9 | Christians in particular have trouble with this part of the grief response because so often it seems that Christians are not meant to be angry — especially when the feeling is commonly directed towards God personally , as it were : ‘ I try to live a good life and see what He has let happen … |
| 10 | I 'm glad he 's let go , cos it was starting to hurt , he was squeezing so tight . |
| 11 | There was also a walled kitchen garden , which had been let go to grass , and a large hole had been knocked into one of the walls to let the tractor in to mow it . |
| 12 | The Woman had let go of Tug 's shoulders as soon as the door opened . |
| 13 | Reluctantly I am let go . |
| 14 | If not , the suspect is to be let go , unless , once again , detention is ‘ necessary to secure or preserve evidence relating to an offence or to obtain such evidence by questioning ’ [ emphasis added ] . |
| 15 | Blaine says he was let go because he had found Vial in error on anatomical matters . |
| 16 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 17 | Some relationships have to be let go in order that new ones can flourish . |
| 18 | Midnight had let go . |
| 19 | Of course it 's not actually coffin-shaped , but that 's how Tony Hicks of the Hollies , who used an original Phantom XII on a number of the band 's hits ( including Look Through Any Window and I Ca n't Let Go ) referred to the guitar when I spoke to him about his original guitar . |
| 20 | Far too valuable to be let go , it was resurrected by Edward I who acquired in 1280 the manor of Iham in Icklesham , a plateau overlooking the old site . |
| 21 | Then , just when we think we 've really let go , we realise that we do n't want our children making just any old choice . |
| 22 | I thought that was the prime directive of all evangelists : Do n't Let Go . |
| 23 | I got out , feeling alone and rootless now that he had let go of my hand . |
| 24 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 25 | as if he had let go of oars and rudder and now drifted on the dark current of events . |
| 26 | He was flushed and happy and he had n't let go of her hand since they 'd sat down . |
| 27 | or some old clutching having been let go . |
| 28 | It was as if she had let go of a great burden . |
| 29 | Doris cuddled me on the way to the door but she must have let go for an instant ( perhaps I goosed her too eagerly ) because I went off on a run that would have taken me all the way downtown — further , to the Village , to Martina Twain — if the dessert trolley had n't been there to check my sprint . |
| 30 | ‘ You were one of several people who were probably going to be let go on my recommendation as part of a rationalisation programme , but the manner in which I caused it to happen … |