Example sentences of "then let [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Since Lucy had said it , then let her talk .
2 Then let her ! ’
3 But if Mrs Longhill felt better that her servant had fallen from grace in distant Barnswick , then let her think it .
4 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 .
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Then let her sing Arsena , ’ smiled Gesner .
7 He kissed her with suppressed violence , then let her go so abruptly that she almost lost balance .
8 Lift your legs slightly against the force of gravity , holding them for at least ten seconds , then let them relax again .
9 Then let them talk . ’
10 Halzen plans to put his phototubes into holes melted in the ice sheet , then let them freeze in place .
11 Then let them go elsewhere . ’
12 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 .
13 Then let them carry your wheelbarrow . ’
14 Acknowledge their existence and tell yourself that you will think about them later — then let them go .
15 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 ’ .
16 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 .
17 Stand up , stretch your arms above your head , then let them fall loosely to your sides .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 Now take your concentration to your hands , make fists and squeeze them together and then let them go .
22 If the adults feel guilty , then let them take it to supervision .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 To begin with it is best to keep the adults for no more than a day , then let them free .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 The dwarf used to catch some in his hands , and then let them out suddenly under my nose .
30 He took big lungfuls of air and then let them out in great racking sobs that shook his whole body .
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