Example sentences of "[art] [noun] let [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Bites usually begin with a slight tremble , or lift of half an inch or so , and then a steady but determined rise that continues until you strike or the fish lets go of the bait . |
| 3 | It is not allowed for anyone in the chain to let go of hands in order to catch someone . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And picture the scene when a bunch of the boys let rip with the Toreador Song from Carmen . |
| 8 | To divine requires a willingness to let go of ‘ rational ’ concepts , and to allow intuition and imagination to be the communicators of information . |
| 9 | The only requirements are patience , a willingness to learn and a readiness to let go of the habits of a lifetime . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |