Example sentences of "[adj] let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still wanted her body , there was no way he could disguise that , and she , well , she would have to learn to be content with whatever crumbs he was prepared to let fall from his table . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Are you willing to let go of the past and reach for the future ? |
| 4 | This feeling was too good , too exciting to let go of . |
| 5 | As the BMW finally drove away they all let go at once , releasing an answering roar that seemed to come all the way from her sex and anus , rippling up her spine and out of her gaping mouth . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Even in these great spaces we seem unwilling to let go of the reins . |
| 9 | For if a holder thinks that the buyers will really be able to get at 36s. all that they care to take at that price , he will be unwilling to let slip past him any offer that is well above that price . |
| 10 | They did n't all let go at once but only when they could hold on no longer . |
| 11 | For it costs money to immunise needy children , investigate AIDS and treat TB , train more minimum wage workers to break out of poverty and help the displaced , including those let go from a shrinking military . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So mestizo culture — reluctant to let go of tradition — created its own deity to host the yearly handout . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | The seasons are reluctant to let go in the North of England and , although it was early May , Nora wore her winter coat . |
| 16 | The child was insecure and frightened , unable to let go of Joan for one waking moment . |
| 17 | I find myself in the position of the dart player who one day discovers he is unable to let go of the dart ! |
| 18 | he was like a terrier , unable to let go in spite of a beating , and it was hard for her not to feel responsible ; because , after all , did n't his persistence show that she 'd come to matter to him , at least a little ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Neither the parent nor the child was able to let go of the argument . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Not only is it difficult to let go of tension , but most people do n't even realise when they are becoming tense . |
| 23 | So while they are happy to hammer out their version of Blue Oyster Cult 's ‘ Godzilla ’ , they are also keen to let rip with ‘ Incinerator ’ , which boils with improvised noise and twisted , tortured threat . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It was as if my mind was ready to let go of the past . |