Example sentences of "[noun] let go of " 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 | THE wee boy 's best shoes clumped on the polished floor as his elder sister let go of his arms . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | As soon as Thérèse let go of them they flew apart and fumbled in the air again . |
| 10 | Eventually Oliver let go of my sleeve . |
| 11 | You 're preaching individuality , intactness , but people let go of these things when they love . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Nicolo let go of her and threw up his hands . |
| 15 | Nicolo let go of her and dug into his pockets . |
| 16 | Then Gallagher let go of his hair and Luke flopped face downward into the dust . |
| 17 | Then you 'd hear him shouting , Let go and the two men let go of the two ropes on the grating and the engine man was shot out and went back and picked up the anchor and reset it and sometimes reset two or three times during the relief . |
| 18 | Boys who did not , remained in the elementary-school system ( in , as will appear , most cases ) to linger on like dispossessed giants until the system and my grandfather let go of them at the age of fourteen . |
| 19 | The strong hand let go of his arm , and Nebamun stepped back . |
| 20 | Joyce let go of Eva 's hand for a second in order to see better . |
| 21 | Sadie let go of the young man 's lapels , smiled grimly , and limped across the floor to Dierdrie , waiting by the fan-shaped mirror . |
| 22 | Nina let go of her hand . |
| 23 | Finally the travel agent 's son let go of the ball . |