Example sentences of "[noun sg] let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only requirements are patience , a willingness to learn and a readiness to let go of the habits of a lifetime . |
| 2 | THE wee boy 's best shoes clumped on the polished floor as his elder sister let go of his arms . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mitch Cook 's free-kick was hacked clear to Steve O'Shaughnessy on the edge of the box , where the Bradford old boy he was released by them as a youngster let fly with a powerful right-foot shot which Bradford keeper Paul Tomlinson allowed to slip under his body . |
| 5 | Are you prepared in the light of God 's desire for your wholeness to let go of whatever negative emotions you have towards them ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There may have been problems of mastery , of control , of appropriate letting go ; or an early refusal to let go as resistance to an over-persistent potty-training parent . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | To divine requires a willingness to let go of ‘ rational ’ concepts , and to allow intuition and imagination to be the communicators of information . |
| 13 | At the very least , he will make it plain that Israel must one day let go of most of the West Bank and Gaza . |
| 14 | It is not allowed for anyone in the chain to let go of hands in order to catch someone . |
| 15 | A less-sticky variety lets go of each new copy within a split second of its formation . |
| 16 | Nicolo let go of her and threw up his hands . |
| 17 | Nicolo let go of her and dug into his pockets . |
| 18 | I had the good sense to let go of the trumpet case and try and keep rolling out of range . |
| 19 | Boys who did not , remained in the elementary-school system ( in , as will appear , most cases ) to linger on like dispossessed giants until the system and my grandfather let go of them at the age of fourteen . |
| 20 | The strong hand let go of his arm , and Nebamun stepped back . |
| 21 | It 's not a safe thing to let happen to you , David . ’ |
| 22 | One of the major criticisms that is made of senior management is its unwillingness to let go of the reins of an organisation , to delegate routine tasks and to concentrate upon the longer term . |
| 23 | Another of the skills incorporated into a style routine is the pirouette , in which the sailor lets go of the rig and spins round twice before catching it again . |
| 24 | The tormented troubadour lets rip in Glasgow with God Machine supporting on all three nights . |
| 25 | Kimberley let fly at the dangling men from a hopeless range . |
| 26 | The ability to let go of parts of our past , of parts of ourselves , of fantasies , of dreams that are no longer relevant , of pain that has long since served its purpose , is an essential part of our capacity to grieve and to recreate ourselves . |
| 27 | And if you walk in pleasant surroundings , you 'll find it a good way to let go of stress , too . |
| 28 | … must nine warriors , having nine spears , with a ten furrows ' Width between them and him , assail him and at the same time let fly at him . |
| 29 | Finally the travel agent 's son let go of the ball . |