Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 2 | Disgust vibrated in her voice as she suddenly let go of some clearly banked-up and held-back emotion . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I love myself enough to let go . ’ |
| 5 | She was n't quick enough to let go and it overbalanced her and she plunged into the water next to him . |
| 6 | The powerful are forced to strain towards an absolute always beyond reach without which they are insecure ; but for the security of an absolute subjection , abjection , it seems that one has only to let go . |
| 7 | In other words you must use your powers of thought alone to let go of any tension that you may feel . |
| 8 | I should have realised that an author does not decide this ; the work itself decides , by suddenly letting go — as it has now done . |
| 9 | They 're playing the Autmn Trophy at the moment … so lets go skating with the Oxford City Stars and our man Mark Kiff |
| 10 | And you 'd better let go of my wrist . |
| 11 | Better let go else he 's gon na get really |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 14 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 15 | It bears the words : ‘ Keep Hold of Instruction : Do Not Let Go . |
| 16 | Switch off the television set , follow the recipes , get out and walk , and just LET GO . |
| 17 | Now just let go of me , all right ? ’ |
| 18 | Things are never so bad when you just let go . |
| 19 | Just let go . |
| 20 | ‘ Listen , ’ she said quietly , ‘ if you just let go of me , I 'll forget this ever happened . |
| 21 | with if he just let go |
| 22 | The woman finally let go and fled when Nicola threatened to phone the baby 's mother . |
| 23 | The man behind finally let go , and screamed , Susan was overcome , and floated up beside me . |
| 24 | It soon let go — it probably had a serious headache , ’ Anthony said yesterday . |
| 25 | Consentingly let go , |
| 26 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |
| 27 | He knew he could not dare go out of the main door . |
| 28 | Work was out of the question , she could not think about it ; she did not dare go to the tower , she felt she had damaged something : loose talk means hubris . |
| 29 | Jenny was heartily relieved that the recent bad weather had made the track so muddy that even the passionate and rather drunk Ted had not dared go any further . |
| 30 | Theda had perforce to let go , for she could not contain the hair now it had sprung in so disorderly a way from its moorings . |