Example sentences of "[coord] then let [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You made silly , empty requests and then let me walk out of your life . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Kelly stared at the pathetic figure for a moment and then let him go . |
| 4 | In this case , take the child some distance away and then let him or her watch for a while until the fear recedes , which it usually does within about ten minutes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now take your concentration to your hands , make fists and squeeze them together and then let them go . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The dwarf used to catch some in his hands , and then let them out suddenly under my nose . |
| 17 | He took big lungfuls of air and then let them out in great racking sobs that shook his whole body . |
| 18 | One can not train students and then let them fall off the end of the course into a professional abyss . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | She gathered the faded petals together with cupped hands , lifted a couple between her fingers and then let them fall . |
| 21 | Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it . |
| 22 | But it 's important not to say they 've only got two minutes for something , and then let them go on for ten . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | We 'll eat stra virtually fairly soon and then let them have a look at them . |
| 25 | Anyway , I 'll go and give mum and dad a quick ring and then let them know . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Set it on its feet , he wrote , and then let it go . |
| 28 | Jinny hunted for what she wanted to say and then let it out in a rush . |
| 29 | Take in breath quickly through the mouth and then let it escape in an even hiss . |
| 30 | 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 . |