Example sentences of "[adv] let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you have to steal : If you have an expensive car sitting in the driveway , or inadvertently let slip in the pub about your latest classy hi-fi , you could be drawing attention to your house as being potentially worth breaking into . |
| 2 | Disgust vibrated in her voice as she suddenly let go of some clearly banked-up and held-back emotion . |
| 3 | A neat passage of midfield play involving Russell , Cunningham and Tony Shepherd end with Davidson making an incisive run ; as Glens defenders waited for a pass the little full-back suddenly let fly with his right foot , squeezing the ball past Grace . |
| 4 | Yet we experience a great sense of loss , if we only let go of this intellect reluctantly and in fact would rather nurture it than shed it . |
| 5 | In other words you must use your powers of thought alone to let go of any tension that you may feel . |
| 6 | And you 'd better let go of my wrist . |
| 7 | He eventually let go of me and I had to go the bottom of the baths and bring him to the surface , take him to the side and get him breathing again , and I was considered a failure for that . |
| 8 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 9 | Now just let go of me , all right ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said quietly , ‘ if you just let go of me , I 'll forget this ever happened . |
| 11 | The Indians , whose faith in Australian umpires waned throughout the tour , were aggrieved again when Marsh , short of his ground , was not given out ( Prabhakar soon let fly with a second — no-balled — bouncer ) . |
| 12 | Every time Endill entered the library it was difficult not to let slip to Mr Crangle he had found the Bookman . |
| 13 | You have a reputation of not letting go of a thing once you have started and you would be delighted to discover that I am responsible for Ana 's blindness . |
| 14 | No she 's er she 's so she 's so keen at not letting go of a discussion she comes back , she 's like a terrier ! |
| 15 | Doyle did not let go of the girl 's plait , but he jerked at it , to make her sit down . |
| 16 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 17 | The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself . |
| 18 | He would not let go of it . |
| 19 | It does not let go of them easily , and the aura of permanence and continuity is evidence of its tenacity . |
| 20 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 21 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
| 22 | ‘ We have spent 10 years of hard work building up the reputation of the Northern Ireland Milk Cup and we will not let go of it lightly , ’ he said . |
| 23 | This can be a frightening experience because when a gila monster bites , it does not let go for some ten to fifteen minutes , during which time it continues to chew , injecting more and more venom into the wound . |
| 24 | Do it again to make sure you did not just let go of the stick in fright ! |
| 25 | She would tell him anything he wanted to know if he would just let go of her , let her get away from him . |
| 26 | You 've got 1,800 people in a theatre you ca n't just let go to your grief , you learn to cut yourself off . |
| 27 | Now that she was going to stay on in France for a while and not go back to her old school , she 'd already let go of those friends . |
| 28 | If she ever let go of her control , she 'd go crazy . |
| 29 | She placed a cup of coffee in front of him , but Travis was still letting go with everything that had been tearing away at him ever since he had first clapped eyes on Rosemary . |
| 30 | Miranda nearly let go of the cup she was carrying . |