Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] let [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily . |
| 5 | I , on the other hand — ’ Rostov lifted his free hand in a dismissive gesture , and then let it fall again . |
| 6 | ‘ Luke — ’ Shaken , desperately needing to know the cause of such possessiveness , Maria lifted a hand and then let it fall helplessly . |
| 7 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 8 | But now let us climb slowly down the stratigraphical column to see what other widespread facies we can find . |
| 9 | Very well , but then let us go right down to the south-west corner of the United States and lock at the Moenkopi and associated formations of Arizona . |