Example sentences of "[vb past] go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane thought she 'd better not offer to shake hands in case he let go of the stick and fell over . |
| 2 | He let go of the doorknob and thrust his hands back into his pockets . |
| 3 | The gods smiled on them and she let go of the past . |
| 4 | She let go of the rail and stepped across the landing . |
| 5 | He let go of the door he was clutching for support and tested the muscles in his legs . |
| 6 | She let go of the glass ( whether deliberately or not is unknown ) and the victim was cut by broken glass . |
| 7 | He let go of the handle , and put his large hands round hers , to hold the shears . |
| 8 | It sidestepped nervously , reared , and the slave leading it let go of the rein . |
| 9 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ drawled Odell unexpectedly , ‘ he did go to the kidnappers alone and unarmed — except for some goddam marzipan . |
| 11 | If ever he did go to the bazaar he would expect the shopkeepers to stand up when he entered … |
| 12 | And then there was the attempt not to issue a questionnaire to every household but to reserve the questionnaires in the Town Hall for four week days Saturdays to will honour the people who did n't actually have Friday who were at home perhaps walk in to the City Centre you might be able to pick one of these up and then there was the problem distrib in distributing the questionnaire because despite of the assurance given to the consultants they were nevertheless distributed amongst the numerous St Albans and believe you me even those likely people who did go to the press do sometimes for every that we having suddenly fully congressed to see whether perhaps there might be a consultation questionnaire lurking within it . |
| 13 | And I said ‘ All right then ’ and I cracked a joke and he did go to the supervisor . |
| 14 | I did go to the beer festivals in Camden , Battersea , Greenwich , Stratford ( and the Cider and Perry Exhibition ) and many others . |
| 15 | and er , he 's been on the dole admittedly he did go on the dole If you 're on the dole for part of the year , your own salary is do they add your dole money to the salary , charge you tax on that , |
| 16 | Did go on the bypass . |
| 17 | But Charles had a nagging fear that it was n't that , that Michael Banks really was trying , that he did go through the lines time after time in the evenings , but that his mind could no longer retain them . |
| 18 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 19 | You did you went from the top did go from the top |
| 20 | Actually actually did go in the newsletter so the parish were aware that |
| 21 | You did go round the houses on that that was n't to get the point |
| 22 | ( 56 ) … the nearest he dared go with the set of the sea rolling both ships towards each other at the same instant . |