Example sentences of "[conj] then let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life . |
| 2 | The aim of the fight is to push the opponent down the tunnel to its entrance , clamp him , swing him free , and then let him drop . |
| 3 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
| 4 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
| 5 | Sunderland , who travel to Blackburn on Wednesday night for their penultimate game of the season , had hoped to come to a compromise arrangement which would have enabled them to use Rogan against Swindon and then let him travel to Belfast before tomorrow night 's game . |
| 6 | First , though , give him the benefit of a voluntary defence , possibly against Alex Stewart , and then let him get on with making us all feel good about finally having another British world heavyweight champion . |
| 7 | So Harrison had lost the first fall unfairly : in the second he had twisted his man feet up and then let him crash to the ground . |
| 8 | Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it . |
| 9 | He trained the bees whose ocelli had been painted to a food dish , and then let them dance to their unpainted hive mates under an electric light bulb . |
| 10 | Bring the palms back to shoulder height , turn the palms to face down and then , as you breathe out , push the palms down and then let them rest at your sides . |
| 11 | Now take your concentration to your hands , make fists and squeeze them together and then let them go . |
| 12 | Erm I 've had one comment from the people in Nottingham , that er we need to have a clearer idea of exactly what we want from people , and then let them go away and and read more detailed bumf in more detail . |
| 13 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 14 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 15 | Note that to get the divisions to operate as we wish , all we have to do is to impose a transfer price and then let them get on with it . |
| 16 | You motivate the players for one of those and then let them enjoy themselves , ’ stated the man who then elected to put the apparent hopelessness of Scotland 's position into focus . |
| 17 | Even though mammals lavish such care and attention on their young , they still have the same two options open to insects and fish , crabs and reptiles — whether to concentrate their energies on producing as many young as possible and then let them fend for themselves , or whether to restrict the numbers to very few but look after them carefully . |
| 18 | Anyway , I 'll go and give mum and dad a quick ring and then let them know . |
| 19 | One can not train students and then let them fall off the end of the course into a professional abyss . |
| 20 | She gathered the faded petals together with cupped hands , lifted a couple between her fingers and then let them fall . |
| 21 | We 'll eat stra virtually fairly soon and then let them have a look at them . |
| 22 | the Government will throw aside the whole of these [ competition ] plans and consider what accommodation it is they want , and what sum of money they are prepared to propose to Parliament , and then let them obtain plans suited to the expenditure they propose . |
| 23 | The mother 's job is even more exacting ; while remaining true to herself and her needs , she must at first embrace her baby in the closest hold , and then let her move away in steps of her own . |
| 24 | Set it on its feet , he wrote , and then let it go . |
| 25 | Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it . |
| 26 | Now tense the whole of your right leg and then let it go . |
| 27 | He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go . |
| 28 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 29 | Maria made a tiny whimpering sound as Luke moved a hand to the tautness of one high breast and then let it drop to rest a moment on her lap . |
| 30 | Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily . |