Example sentences of "then let [pron] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ White , would you think ? ’ she asked , her voice a high squeak , then let her breath out in an explosion of relief as she heard the shop door open and close . |
| 2 | He squatted and started to pick them up , then let them drop back to the floor and just crouched there and put his hands over his face and started to cry . |
| 3 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | If he was the Christ , the King of Israel , then let him come down from the cross and convince people . |
| 8 | You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life . |
| 9 | If what we look like can influence how we feel about ourselves and influence other people 's attitudes , then let us cash in on it by taking an interest in appearance . |
| 10 | ‘ Then let us get on with the business that must be discussed . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 12 | If the pointer is moving slowly back , then let it go back to the edge of the circle ; then 1 turn towards the movement 2°-5° ( according to rate of change ) until it is steady . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Was it two times that 's what I do and then and then let it harden off and then |
| 15 | ‘ It 's so frustrating — like having someone twitch a curtain aside then let it fall back again before I can see properly . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |