Example sentences of "then let [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They delivered their derogatory cards in turn to NatWest , Midlands , Lloyds and Barclays , and then let their feelings known with specially adapted carols such as : ‘ Jingle tills , jingle tills , jingle all the way/Oh what fun it is to be a High Street bank these days , /Pulling money out , putting receivers in/ Winding business up , with an evil grin . ’ |
| 2 | He went to close the windows and stepped inside the room , planning to lock them and then let himself out by Sara 's front door . |
| 3 | Since Lucy had said it , then let her talk . |
| 4 | ‘ Then let her ! ’ |
| 5 | But if Mrs Longhill felt better that her servant had fallen from grace in distant Barnswick , then let her think it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Then let her sing Arsena , ’ smiled Gesner . |
| 9 | He kissed her with suppressed violence , then let her go so abruptly that she almost lost balance . |
| 10 | Lift your legs slightly against the force of gravity , holding them for at least ten seconds , then let them relax again . |
| 11 | ‘ Then let them talk . ’ |
| 12 | Halzen plans to put his phototubes into holes melted in the ice sheet , then let them freeze in place . |
| 13 | ‘ Then let them go elsewhere . ’ |
| 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 | ‘ Then let them carry your wheelbarrow . ’ |
| 16 | Acknowledge their existence and tell yourself that you will think about them later — then let them go . |
| 17 | All you have to do while sitting at home or at work , or on a train or bus , is to tense up the arm and leg muscles , then let them go , saying to yourself ‘ I am relaxed ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Stand up , stretch your arms above your head , then let them fall loosely to your sides . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | They 've rubbed shoulders with Spinal Tap on the West Coast , they 've ‘ schmoozed ’ with David Cassidy , Brinsley Forde and Huey Lewis at a San Francisco garden party , they 've been driven around the Hollywood Hills in a convertible by an A&M rep who then let them stare at his Moray eels , smashed , for two hours . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Now take your concentration to your hands , make fists and squeeze them together and then let them go . |
| 24 | If the adults feel guilty , then let them take it to supervision . |
| 25 | If that 's what the women want , then let them have it , and if anyone accuses me of ulterior motives such as laziness , squeamishness or Freudian anxieties about symbolic castration by infant sons — I deny it all . |
| 26 | If they are in a minority , then let them at least refrain from throwing difficulties in the way of those who have undertaken an almost superhuman task , on the successful fulfilment of which depends the well being , the prosperity and the duration of the whole British Empire . |
| 27 | To begin with it is best to keep the adults for no more than a day , then let them free . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |