Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] her [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Secret Garden Mary has been watching a robin which has let her come quite near . |
| 2 | If she really wants to let her take them in . |
| 3 | we tried to make her look like a person . |
| 4 | Reid insists on being considered only as a single sculler and her only chance now is to enter Cologne and Essen privately to try to make her case . |
| 5 | Finally , Mrs Frizzell rose to make her report . |
| 6 | It was the first time she 'd heard her speak . |
| 7 | The one her husband had said made her look like a Queen . |
| 8 | Well let let her have a look . |
| 9 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 10 | She tried to draw back , but his hands came up and gripped her , refusing to let her go . |
| 11 | For a moment , he held her close , refusing to let her go . |
| 12 | Jenna tried to jerk her face from his grasp , but he tightened his hold , refusing to let her go . |
| 13 | But the notion , once born , firmly took root , refusing to let her settle , and as she wandered aimlessly about the living-room she realised she 'd soon be in danger of going stir-crazy if she had to look at the same four walls much longer . |
| 14 | She had tried to catch a quick nap , but anticipation of the evening to come had fluttered within her like a hummingbird , refusing to let her settle . |
| 15 | Only the other day it was reported that a young mother of a seven-year-old child had taken the Territorial Army to court for refusing to let her become a paratrooper … and won ! |
| 16 | She had been neglected and he ached because of it , but it would n't do to let her know that . |
| 17 | With some difficulty , she unzipped her gold and black dress in the bathroom and then trailed into the bedroom , self-pity and too much to drink tending to make her weep . |
| 18 | He reached for the lamp a second time , feeling the bed shake as the harridan prepared to make her escape . |
| 19 | I 'm not going to let her slide out of it or I do n't get my scoop . ’ |
| 20 | Are you really going to let her wait , eking out a miserable existence , just because of some misplaced notions of pride ? ’ |
| 21 | His clasp loosened a little , but he was n't going to let her escape . |
| 22 | McIllvanney had offered to let her stay on board Wavebreaker , so long as the boat 's air conditioners were disconnected , but his offer was not as generous as it seemed for Ellen would have been little more than an unpaid security guard and also subject to Bellybutton 's endlessly tedious suggestions , and she far preferred her small hot room in the busy crowded apartment block that smelt of cooking all day and marijuana all night . |
| 23 | Mrs Chafer , who has been divorced since the late Seventies , said the prince came to Pammy Jane 's rescue after the divorce and personally offered to let her use one of his tied cottages . |
| 24 | And her father , no slouch on the Nordic circuit himself , has agreed to let her take five years out of education to become a champion . |
| 25 | She was prickly and sharp with him , and only too obviously relieved to make her escape . |
| 26 | ‘ She was a friend of a friend — I had n't even known she was coming , but one look and I was arrogant enough to decide I was going to make her mine . |
| 27 | I did not want to let her go . |
| 28 | ‘ We are all culpable in Carlotta 's death , since we agreed to let her stay behind ; we could have ordered her to return . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He agreed to let her go out , but threatened her life if she was to raise the alarm . |
| 30 | So when Grandad 's uncle , Richard Tallentire , asked if they could bring Mother up , they agreed to let her go . |