Example sentences of "she let [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must , for had n't she let him make love to her after just a handful of meetings , when they hardly knew each other ? |
| 2 | She struggled with the cold fear that had laid its hand on her : she had gone with a man , without protesting , without a single pledge from him , and not a word of kindness , not a promise for tomorrow ; she looked at Sabina 's back in front of her , the pinafore tied behind over her gathered skirt , and imagined her husband 's hands around that still sturdy small of her back , and wondered had she let him do that , do what Tommaso had done , before they were married ? |
| 3 | The woman who had just walked into the sitting room had most decidedly not put on weight ; nor had she let herself go … anywhere . |
| 4 | But , because she knew nothing of the business , I insisted that she let me handle things . |
| 5 | She let me light her cigarette . |
| 6 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 7 | She let me finish and then she said : ‘ That 's odd . |
| 8 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 9 | Then she let me kiss her . |
| 10 | There was n't much else she could do without attracting attention , but I definitely expected a bit of the old argy-bargy before she let me get down to business . |
| 11 | She let me film her . |
| 12 | She was so exhausted that she let me help her without protesting , and finally we sat down together near the fire with our cups of tea . |
| 13 | In the event , she let something slip , and Luke 's suspicions were confirmed . ’ |
| 14 | She let her breath out in a hissing rush . |
| 15 | As she let her breath out on a long sigh Hilary moved reluctantly away . |
| 16 | She let her breath out and went back to the kitchen to make the tea . |
| 17 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 18 | She let them pass , came to Hampstead tube station and thought what an adventure it would be to go home in a train . |
| 19 | Her duties as parents had been completed , she had prepared them for the future , they could now stand on their own feet , so she let them go . |
| 20 | Franca did not attempt to wipe away the tears , she let them roll down and drip onto the front of the apron which she was wearing over her brown dress . |
| 21 | As he turned to close the door of the tower behind them , she let them fall to the ground again . |
| 22 | She let him treat her ankle and put liniment on it . |
| 23 | The wine was making her heady , but she let him refill her glass . |
| 24 | She rose up in the world without lifting a finger when she married into the gentry and I daresay she let him feel the difference been them . |
| 25 | After an initial resistance , she let him talk on when this happened , but she turned her mind away , only half listening . |
| 26 | She let him talk dirty whenever he felt like it ! |
| 27 | It protested at once , so she let him carry her to the living-room . |
| 28 | She let him carry on with his stupidity and offered no elaboration nor explanation of her terms . |
| 29 | She let him suffer a bit longer , then said : ‘ You and Sabine had a row , I heard it . |
| 30 | She thinks he died because she let him wear the chain . |