Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He screeched , and she let him go . |
| 2 | And she let him turn the key and open the door . |
| 3 | People were squeezing by her in the general drift to get a look at him , and she let herself go with the crowd a little in order to see how he was doing . |
| 4 | He smiled thinly , looking pointedly at her hand , and she let it drop to her side . |
| 5 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 6 | And she let it force out the delighted cry ‘ Daniel ! ’ and make her hug him and kiss him — even while the darkness and the ice returned within . |
| 7 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 8 | ‘ And she let you keep me ? ’ |
| 9 | Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll tell your mother , ’ I said , and he let me go . |
| 11 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 12 | The assassins were shot , and Clara wrenched herself away , and the man murmured to her desperately , " Laschemi fare , laschemi fare , " and Clara equally stricken , could not let him , and the credits came up , and the lights came up , and he let her go , and she straightened her coat and pulled her skirt tightly down over her knees , and that was that . |
| 13 | His mouth twisted with cynicism , and he let her go , turning towards the desk . |
| 14 | ‘ I have a long memory , all of it coloured by the past , ’ Jenna said bitterly , and he let her go , his expression disgusted . |
| 15 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 16 | Sarella tried to spin from his grasp , and he let her go as if surprised to see her move so quickly . |
| 17 | And he let her go quickly , so that she stumbled , and he had to reach out to steady her . |
| 18 | He had been wonderful about her family whom he did not pretend to like , never made an issue of her going there and he let her run on about them when she got home . |
| 19 | She insisted quietly on halving the bill and he let her have her way , not wanting to jeopardize his chance of eating with her in the future . |
| 20 | And he let them see the gun . |
| 21 | And he let them help in the shop ( Carrie loved that : measuring out things on the scales and giving the change ) until Nick stole some biscuits one day and he came in and caught him . |
| 22 | But her father came in and oh , he was knowledgeable too and he let one know it . |
| 23 | Its significance was lost on him and he let it drop , confused . |
| 24 | The guy who owns it was shouting all kinds of stuff and he let it slip . |
| 25 | Dulé took the centre of the ring , a finger drum began to pitter-pat , a pair of flutes at different pitches to call and coo ; at the click of a rattle Dulé lifted the ten-foot ladder into a vertical position and balanced it at arm 's length ; facing it , he dropped his head as if to a partner in a dance , placed one foot on the bottom rung and made a feint at climbing , the ladder pitched away from him and he let it fall , to rising laughter from the audience around him . |
| 26 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
| 27 | We were very English and terribly sorry , and he let us go without a ticket . |
| 28 | The ‘ sheriff ’ came out and said that Customs wanted us to fly to Darwin for clearance , but we begged for mercy and he let us stay and gave us a ride to a lodge in the police wagon . |
| 29 | And he let us climb to the top deck of the car , with a much better view of the route , this being usually reserved for smokers . |
| 30 | The wine was making her heady , but she let him refill her glass . |