Example sentences of "[noun prp] let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Donna let go of the door and allowed Ryker to grab her other hand .
2 Instantly , Doyle let go of Jinny and started forward , his arms outstretched to take the Kalashnikov .
3 Barak nodded his head vigorously and Bernard let go of his shirt .
4 KINGSTONIAN boss Chris Kelly let rip with his famous lip last night in an astonishing attack on the Football Association .
5 Penelope Huntley let go of it anxiously and said no , that it was perfectly fine , she 'd just been cold outside .
6 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 .
7 Maggie let go of her and called up the stairs .
8 It seems that the Battler and Rico let fly at somebody who was coming out of the back door of the Regal Arms .
9 At Mount Stewart in County Down Lady Londonderry let rip with an amazing ensemble of whimsical statues but they avoid seeming a jumble by the purposeful way in which they are related to the whole garden design .
10 Eventually Oliver let go of my sleeve .
11 Both Anna and Constanza let go at once .
12 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 .
13 Four minutes later Lindsay McVicker let fly at a cross from Catherine Howard but the ball flew past the upright .
14 Macca lets rip with another beast , merv dives to his left and miracuously the score remains 1–1.
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Then Gallagher let go of his hair and Luke flopped face downward into the dust .
18 OVER a weekend in which John Major said ‘ society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less ’ , and Kenneth Clarke let fly against social workers ‘ mouthing political rhetoric about why children in their care are so delinquent ’ , the message which will stick in my mind was from Anfield , saying simply ‘ Rest in Peace James ’ .
19 Joyce let go of Eva 's hand for a second in order to see better .
20 Sadie let go of the young man 's lapels , smiled grimly , and limped across the floor to Dierdrie , waiting by the fan-shaped mirror .
21 With their heads in the sky and their sights set beyond our world , Paperhouse let rip with a slab of space rock that lovingly recreates the cosmic glide of Hawkwind and ‘ Lemmings ’ -era Amon Duul .
22 Nina let go of her hand .
23 Moments later David Burrows let fly with a rasping left-foot drive from 20 yards that had goalkeeper Stanislav Cherchesov grasping to touch the ball over .
24 When Sir John let go for the second time at the age of 86 in 1982 , he put Littlewoods in the hands of the first non-family chairman .
25 Fed-up Fergie lets fly at Major
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