Example sentences of "and then [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set it on its feet , he wrote , and then let it go . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Now tense the whole of your right leg and then let it go . |
| 4 | He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Handlers guided it down the ramp with ropes and then let it wander away rather unsteadily . |
| 8 | The fact that we did n't win when we were so close and then let it slip is very disappointing . ’ |
| 9 | Take in breath quickly through the mouth and then let it escape in an even hiss . |
| 10 | Was it two times that 's what I do and then and then let it harden off and then |
| 11 | I , on the other hand — ’ Rostov lifted his free hand in a dismissive gesture , and then let it fall again . |
| 12 | He held the parcel out and then let it fall , and it had time enough to turn lazily over before it landed with a solid smack on the terrace below and bounced towards the rail . |
| 13 | He lifted her arm again and then let it fall onto the sheet . |
| 14 | ‘ Luke — ’ Shaken , desperately needing to know the cause of such possessiveness , Maria lifted a hand and then let it fall helplessly . |
| 15 | I venture that the real reason Labour 's spin-doctors raised electoral reform in a clumsy and cynical way on Democracy Day , and then let it get out of control , was that none of them had actually read the Plant report . |
| 16 | ‘ The hammer ’ , Hortensia said , ‘ is actually a ruddy great cannon-ball on the end of a long bit of wire , and the thrower whisks it round and round his or her head faster and faster and then lets it go . |
| 17 | Want to sort of put on the top of the wardrobe and then make it drop |
| 18 | ‘ Old people bringing something out of the attic they 've never cared for , and then seeing it fetch thousands of pounds at auction . |
| 19 | ‘ We say he took her life and then made it look as if it was suicide . ’ |
| 20 | What was stranger still was that she seemed stressed and worried , and kept raising her wings into the wind and bending forward at it and then letting it lift her off her stand to the top of her cage where she stuck out her talons , hovered for a moment and then flopped inelegantly down again to the bare branch . |
| 21 | Also , what you generally find is that if somebody is reading as opposed to refreshing their memory from looking at a piece of paper and then letting it flow , if they 're reading from it it 's dull , it lacks sparkle . |
| 22 | Just looks like just looks like toffee and they just roll it like that and then do it like that . |
| 23 | This meant pulling the risers to fill the paraglider — called a wing — with air and then making it lie evenly across the ground . |