Example sentences of "[not/n't] let [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 3 | It bears the words : ‘ Keep Hold of Instruction : Do Not Let Go . |
| 4 | Heavy sarcasm which Charles determined not to let disturb him . |
| 5 | Every time Endill entered the library it was difficult not to let slip to Mr Crangle he had found the Bookman . |
| 6 | On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you . |
| 7 | As she looked into it , she tried not to let slip just what a luxury this was . |
| 8 | She was still exhausted from the night before , shattered from trying to keep up her bravado with Steve , trying not to let slip what she knew and trying to sound enthusiastic over Steve 's business plans for the future which she knew with a certainty she wanted no part of . |
| 9 | The Robemaker 's sentries were not letting go easily … |
| 10 | You have a reputation of not letting go of a thing once you have started and you would be delighted to discover that I am responsible for Ana 's blindness . |
| 11 | No she 's er she 's so she 's so keen at not letting go of a discussion she comes back , she 's like a terrier ! |
| 12 | Doyle did not let go of the girl 's plait , but he jerked at it , to make her sit down . |
| 13 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 14 | The right shot at the right moment does not come because you do not let go of yourself . |
| 15 | They would not let go . |
| 16 | This can be a frightening experience because when a gila monster bites , it does not let go for some ten to fifteen minutes , during which time it continues to chew , injecting more and more venom into the wound . |
| 17 | Once the gila monster gets its teeth into its prey it will not let go . |
| 18 | He would not let go of it . |
| 19 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 20 | It does not let go of them easily , and the aura of permanence and continuity is evidence of its tenacity . |
| 21 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 22 | It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go … |
| 23 | Weary not only with Stephen , but also , perhaps even more , with this lady who sinks her teeth into empire and will not let go . |
| 24 | Lisa 's mind , for some reason , like a dog with a bone , could not let go of the subject of Nina . |
| 25 | And he will not let go . |
| 26 | ‘ We have spent 10 years of hard work building up the reputation of the Northern Ireland Milk Cup and we will not let go of it lightly , ’ he said . |
| 27 | That will give us many important opportunities which we must not let drop . |
| 28 | Meredith Jones — who relished his protégé 's roughness — was aware of that and told his friend Philip Burton to keep an eye on him , make sure he did not let slip this second and last chance . |
| 29 | Of course it 's not actually coffin-shaped , but that 's how Tony Hicks of the Hollies , who used an original Phantom XII on a number of the band 's hits ( including Look Through Any Window and I Ca n't Let Go ) referred to the guitar when I spoke to him about his original guitar . |
| 30 | I thought that was the prime directive of all evangelists : Do n't Let Go . |