Example sentences of "her [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |
| 2 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 3 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 4 | Letting her breath out on a sigh , she looked up . |
| 5 | She opened her mouth to scream , only to let her breath out with a hiss . |
| 6 | Polly let her breath out in a whoosh of relief , looking down to check how far she still had to go . |
| 7 | ‘ White , would you think ? ’ she asked , her voice a high squeak , then let her breath out in an explosion of relief as she heard the shop door open and close . |