Example sentences of "him let [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , even as a child she 'd usually persuade him to let her do this or that against his better judgement . |
| 2 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 3 | Fran lifted her face for his kiss , holding him tightly , never wanting him to let her go again . |
| 4 | She tried to get him to let her check in the bar first . |
| 5 | This time when he slid the door back , she moved towards him , as if expecting him to let her pass , beginning to tell him about the incident at the Dragon Cloud , the wicker basket of leftovers from the teahouse held out before her . |
| 6 | Jenny 's daddy agreed with this when Jenny urged him to let her become a Brownie . |
| 7 | Laura would often send memos to Meirion asking him to let her know if anything in the design was causing problems in making up ; if so , she would alter it . |
| 8 | And while on the subject of Brownies , his daughter Jessica was always badgering him to let her join , and he would be very glad for her to become one of Heather 's and Shirley 's Pack and learn how to Lend a Hand in the same way that they had . |
| 9 | A silly little bitch she had been , pleading with him to let her live , and promising that if he did she would say nothing and leave Vienna at once , never to return . |
| 10 | Well , she 'd badgered him to let her come along ; she could take cold , muddied feet and be thankful it was n't worse . |
| 11 | I 've asked him to let me go straight out and breathe the cellar air , but he always makes me wait till I 've had breakfast . |
| 12 | Excitedly I told him what had happened and begged him to let me have the harmonium . |
| 13 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 14 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 15 | Yet still Jacob has him in his grip , and the mysterious assailant begs him to let him go ‘ for the day is breaking ’ . |
| 16 | Flash him to let him come in ? |
| 17 | By 19 November he had the whole amount , 30 francs , from Theo , and was writing to say how kind and humane it was of him to let him have the ticket money . |
| 18 | I think my guards bribed him to let us pass . |
| 19 | ‘ When my mate asked him to let us finish our song he tried to shut the piano lid on his fingers — that could cause a musician some serious grief . ’ |
| 20 | I 've persuaded him to let us film an exclusive interview with him in his secret retreat ! ’ it would be a colossal boost for me . |
| 21 | ‘ If you like , I 'll persuade him to let you keep the money that 's already been paid over — ’ |
| 22 | So it was really stupid of him to let you catch him after all . |
| 23 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 24 | You should persuade him to let you pose as his secretary or something . ’ |
| 25 | Can you imagine him letting her use it ? |
| 26 | She did , and the sudden flare of her eyes made him let her go . |
| 27 | I made him let me walk in the cellar this morning . |
| 28 | One 's the need to make him let me go . |
| 29 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |