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

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1 Donna let go of the door and allowed Ryker to grab her other hand .
2 The only requirements are patience , a willingness to learn and a readiness to let go of the habits of a lifetime .
3 Instantly , Doyle let go of Jinny and started forward , his arms outstretched to take the Kalashnikov .
4 Barak nodded his head vigorously and Bernard let go of his shirt .
5 THE wee boy 's best shoes clumped on the polished floor as his elder sister let go of his arms .
6 Penelope Huntley let go of it anxiously and said no , that it was perfectly fine , she 'd just been cold outside .
7 It shook slightly as he scribbled an address , then pushed the serviette across the table , his body slowly relaxing as Ward let go of him and picked up the serviette .
8 Maggie let go of her and called up the stairs .
9 The girl let go of my hand and moved away into the gloom behind me , where she must have put the screwed-up five-pound notes on to the chest of drawers with the magazines , the small framed photograph , the towel , the box of paper tissues , the jar of Vaseline , the baby 's dummy and all the other odds and ends spilled over the varnished oak top .
10 Are you prepared in the light of God 's desire for your wholeness to let go of whatever negative emotions you have towards them ?
11 It teaches a child to let go of his own will for the sake of others , with whom he has to live and let live .
12 As soon as Thérèse let go of them they flew apart and fumbled in the air again .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 And this was not the moment to suggest that Emilia , with her refusal to let go of Cambridge , to be truly present in the parish , might herself be at fault .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 To divine requires a willingness to let go of ‘ rational ’ concepts , and to allow intuition and imagination to be the communicators of information .
19 Eventually Oliver let go of my sleeve .
20 Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises .
21 At the very least , he will make it plain that Israel must one day let go of most of the West Bank and Gaza .
22 You 're preaching individuality , intactness , but people let go of these things when they love .
23 She was marvellous at getting people to let go of inhibitions I remember .
24 It is not allowed for anyone in the chain to let go of hands in order to catch someone .
25 Choosing to get pregnant means letting go of control .
26 A less-sticky variety lets go of each new copy within a split second of its formation .
27 In surprise Ranald let go of Mairi , who had hit Luch another half dozen blows before the sense of what the doctor had said reached her .
28 And now the Trunchbull was leaning back against the weight of the whirling girl and pivoting expertly on her toes , spinning round and round , and soon Amanda Thripp was travelling so fast she became a blur , and suddenly , with a mighty grunt , the Trunchbull let go of the pigtails and Amanda went sailing like a rocket right over the wire fence of the playground and high up into the sky .
29 Nicolo let go of her and threw up his hands .
30 Nicolo let go of her and dug into his pockets .
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