Example sentences of "[verb] not let him " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flushed and tried not to let him rile her . |
| 2 | He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking . |
| 3 | Her eyelashes fluttered down to hide feelings she dared not let him see . |
| 4 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 5 | The other two held their breath , waiting for the inevitable squeak , but the sensitive fingers did not let him down . |
| 6 | That lavish endowment of talent , which had been blotted up in sport and intense boyish preoccupations , was now called up in all its force and it did not let him down . |
| 7 | It did not let him down . |
| 8 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 9 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 10 | Antony looked apologetic but Connon did not let him speak . |
| 11 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 12 | ‘ Do not let him hear you do that , ’ Paul said to her . |
| 13 | Pictures of him have been circulated to staff at Shorefield Country Park , near Lymington , Hants , with the warning : Do not let him compete . |
| 14 | Do not let him frighten you . ’ |
| 15 | Philip did n't let him touch it . |
| 16 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 17 | One of them was a real wally , so the others did n't let him in on their plan . |
| 18 | ‘ I said you were at work but I did n't let him have your number . |
| 19 | Stephen did n't let him continue . |
| 20 | Well when he went back to work er they did n't let him start . |
| 21 | The broom cupboard key-hole did n't let him see anything . |
| 22 | Because she 'd abruptly felt as if her heart would burst if she did n't let him touch her , kiss her , hold her in his arms again , and then the desire had escalated so quickly that kissing had n't been enough ? |
| 23 | She did n't let him pay half ; he did n't protest too much . |
| 24 | But she did n't let him see , keeping her face as unresponsive as if she wore her mask still . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't let him in , ’ growled the old man . |
| 26 | ‘ They caught this guy in Chicago customs , found AZT in the luggage of this PWA , and threw him in the pen and did n't let him out for a week . ’ |
| 27 | Somebody lost his way going to a lunch party at the Metcalfes ' , but I did n't let him in . |
| 28 | It hurt a lot , but I did n't let him see that . |
| 29 | They did n't let him down . |
| 30 | Do n't let him persuade you to accept that he 's right . |