Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that rotten yellow-gutted two-timing little toad " — I let him go on like that a while , to get it out of his system . |
| 2 | She let him go in alone to break the news to Chris . |
| 3 | It had been a blow to learn that he had gone away to spend Christmas with ‘ friends in the country ’ , and she imagined him surrounded by fascinating girls all more attractive than herself . |
| 4 | Hovering long enough to make sure it was n't for her , she left him talking in clipped , terse monosyllables and slipped away quietly to her bedroom , trying to suppress her curiosity about the caller . |
| 5 | It appalled him to think of living as Tina did , with one lover after another , apparently not even selectively , or as Jed , long separated from his wife and child , consoled by the society of a bird . |
| 6 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |