Example sentences of "to let go of " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was marvellous at getting people to let go of inhibitions I remember . |
| 2 | And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too . |
| 3 | He told her that she would not be able to let go of him , that his power was deep , deep in her bones and she was bound to him for ever . |
| 4 | My leaving them was similar to their having to let go of their children . |
| 5 | Hunched over , with her hair in her eyes , she looked like an old woman caught stealing potatoes , half afraid of the consequences , half afraid to let go of the spoils . |
| 6 | There has been a steady rise in the number of women returners and ‘ apart from women who do not want to let go of that career , there are all the millions of women faced with the fact that either their income will enormously increase the lifestyle of their family or without that second income they will be very hard pushed to cover the basics . |
| 7 | She would tell him where to place the pillow under your back , how to put on a condom for someone else , how to dry tears quickly , how not to be afraid , how to go down , how to let go of someone because it 's not the end of the world . |
| 8 | Similarly , the future lens cells can not detach from the sheet unless their CAMs change to allow them to let go of the neighbouring cells . |
| 9 | The child was insecure and frightened , unable to let go of Joan for one waking moment . |
| 10 | Not only is it difficult to let go of tension , but most people do n't even realise when they are becoming tense . |
| 11 | The Glass Menagerie is partly autobiographical and describes the conflict between a son , Tom , who is drawn to the sensuality of D.H.Lawrence 's writings and who himself scribbles poems on shoe-boxes in the warehouse where he works , and a repressive and puritanical mother , Amanda , who is as passionately possessive of her children as she is unwilling to let go of her own lost youth . |
| 12 | It is now also dawning on us that , while they may have dropped their hippie beads and trinkets , they failed to let go of their new world view . |
| 13 | Self-directed learning takes a great deal of planning by the teaching team , and teachers are reluctant to let go of the responsibility of being the main teaching resource . |
| 14 | The only requirements are patience , a willingness to learn and a readiness to let go of the habits of a lifetime . |
| 15 | The trouble is that we forget to let go of the tension . |
| 16 | This again is entirely due to excess muscle tension and , with the help of a teacher , the pupil can learn to let go of the muscles that are causing the problem . |
| 17 | In other words you must use your powers of thought alone to let go of any tension that you may feel . |
| 18 | They need to struggle with the thorny issue of whose interests come first , and they must be ready to let go of some aspirations and commitments if they are to enjoy what they decide to do . |
| 19 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They have to let go of their rationality , of their interminable thinking and bothering over everything . |
| 22 | It is not allowed for anyone in the chain to let go of hands in order to catch someone . |
| 23 | I find myself in the position of the dart player who one day discovers he is unable to let go of the dart ! |
| 24 | Lee felt jealous , lumpy , and tried to let go of the feeling as she arranged the flowers in the kitchen . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've got to let go of me , darling . |
| 26 | I had to let go of her , I had to . |
| 27 | She came to value what she had learnt from her difficult childhood , and to let go of the past . |
| 28 | Are you willing to let go of the past and reach for the future ? |
| 29 | In that case , allow yourself to let go of that particular desire , and work towards another Dream . |
| 30 | Or refusing to let go of something you no longer need ? ) |