Example sentences of "[noun] let go [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Donna let go of the door and allowed Ryker to grab her other hand .
2 As soon as the cold fingers let go for a moment , I pulled my hand quickly back , put a pile of books in front of the broken window , and tried not to listen to the desperate cries outside .
3 Perhaps this is due to a reluctance to let go of the past , and perhaps too there is a parallel in other parts of the garden with the modern revival of interest in ‘ wild ’ and ‘ natural ’ gardens and plants .
4 The strongest youth cultures of the century were in the 1950s and 1960s , and now that the members of this generation are over the border into middle age , they are showing an egotistical , but maybe quite a healthy reluctance to let go of the limelight .
5 This is strictly speaking an impossibility , in that it is impossible to do and have what we recognise as a knot without at some point letting go of the rope .
6 Bites usually begin with a slight tremble , or lift of half an inch or so , and then a steady but determined rise that continues until you strike or the fish lets go of the bait .
7 I had the good sense to let go of the trumpet case and try and keep rolling out of range .
8 Another of the skills incorporated into a style routine is the pirouette , in which the sailor lets go of the rig and spins round twice before catching it again .
9 Finally the travel agent 's son let go of the ball .
10 The pressure of pain on his temples let go for a minute to rearrange itself further back .
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