Example sentences of "[verb] let go of the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 21 ) a ) So if the person has to let go of the trolley , it will stop automatically so does n't run away .
2 Lee felt jealous , lumpy , and tried to let go of the feeling as she arranged the flowers in the kitchen .
3 The trouble is that we forget to let go of the tension .
4 I did n't know how badly you were injured , but I did n't dare let go of the wheel . ’
5 Soon their palms became sticky , but the boy did not dare let go of the hand he had so daringly grasped , for that would have meant admitting that he was perspiring and ashamed of it .
6 Sheikh , who was batting , stood crouched over his bat , patiently waiting for the moment when Mafouz would decide to let go of the ball .
7 You 'll have to let go of the book .
8 His relentless grip increased till she was forced to let go of the ribbon .
9 On the screen they had let go of the puerto Rican mass murderer 's trousers and he was on his way to the sidewalk , head first , at about seventy miles an hour .
10 Caspar let go of the sill and slid rapidly to the ground with a bump , looking a bit sick .
11 The controls are well laid out and become instinctive after a few plays , though you have to let go of the joystick pretty smartish or you 'll move one block further than you intended .
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