Example sentences of "she [verb] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 2 | Sam thought the nails in her finger and thumb were going to meet each other through the flesh of his shoulder , but to his enormous relief , she let go . |
| 3 | She let go . |
| 4 | The gods smiled on them and she let go of the past . |
| 5 | She let go of Hester and Willie ran to his stepmother , flinging his arms around her . |
| 6 | She let go of the rail and stepped across the landing . |
| 7 | She let go of Adam 's arm and rose ; then looked up at the man who stood there . |
| 8 | ‘ Switch off engine , ’ Dick commanded , and she let go the red button . |
| 9 | Gingerly she let go . |
| 10 | She let go the button . |
| 11 | Then she let go and straightened up , standing there knee deep in the water at the bottom of the unlit channel , the first light lain like a white cloth over the latticework of the surrounding fields , picking out the channel 's lips , the crouching shape of Sung . |
| 12 | She let go of her hot grief , which dissolved and became the dew on his garments . |
| 13 | She let go of his arm , lifting the shoe she had taken off , showing it to him and smiling . |
| 14 | With a feeling of relief , she let go , and felt the tears run down her cheeks . |
| 15 | Abruptly she let go of the last protective remnants of self-deception , but , fearing questions she could n't answer without exposing the full extent of her vulnerability , she rushed on , ‘ I felt guilty to begin with , but I did come to terms with it eventually , and anyway , my parents had encouraged me to stay with radio even though it would take me away from them and they knew what was happening to Dad . ’ |
| 16 | As soon as Felicity had left , she let go of him and they stood side by side , as if waiting for someone to photograph and frame them , listening to the slow ascent of Felicity up the stairs . |
| 17 | She let go of her skirts , but immediately felt a prickle of fear at putting herself out of reach of the inn . |
| 18 | She let go his wrists as if they were scalding hot , stepping smartly away . |
| 19 | Then , suddenly , she let go . |
| 20 | After a while she let go of him and buttoned his tunic . |
| 21 | She let go his penis , wet and sleek now , and grabbed both his shoulders with her hands . |
| 22 | She let go of the glass ( whether deliberately or not is unknown ) and the victim was cut by broken glass . |
| 23 | Until she let go , finally , of the memory of that sensual paradise they had shared in Phuket and bowed , defeated , before the brutal ambition of Hong Kong . |
| 24 | Did she dare go back to look for it ? |
| 25 | A small , suspicious caution held her back : a small caution teased Cliff , teased Steve , teased her friends , kept them on a hook , watching , waiting , to see how far she dared go . |
| 26 | Stumbling to her feet , she picked up the diaries , slipped the clip into the pocket of her dress , and hurried downstairs as fast as she dared go . |
| 27 | If she did go home they would ask why the coffee had n't materialised . |
| 28 | One of the survivors told me that her mother " never worked " , but it later emerged that she did go out to clean offices . |
| 29 | Gedanken was about to protest that she did go to discos and parties , and it was no big deal being a girl doing physics , but before she could open her mouth , there came the first question . |
| 30 | ‘ You say she cleared out ; I suppose you looked at the possibility that she went — wherever she did go — not of her own free will ? ’ |