Example sentences of "[adj] let go of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Are you willing to let go of the past and reach for the future ? |
| 3 | This feeling was too good , too exciting to let go of . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even in these great spaces we seem unwilling to let go of the reins . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So mestizo culture — reluctant to let go of tradition — created its own deity to host the yearly handout . |
| 9 | She was reluctant to let go of the roach at first but then she hurled it into the fire and got unsteadily to her feet , saying , ‘ I know what . ’ |
| 10 | The child was insecure and frightened , unable to let go of Joan for one waking moment . |
| 11 | I find myself in the position of the dart player who one day discovers he is unable to let go of the dart ! |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Neither the parent nor the child was able to let go of the argument . |
| 14 | Looked at like that , I gradually began to feel a little more able to let go of my unrealistic expectations of my mother and to love her as she is . |
| 15 | Not only is it difficult to let go of tension , but most people do n't even realise when they are becoming tense . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It was as if my mind was ready to let go of the past . |