Example sentences of "[vb base] him [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | By half-term , a local parent with a child at Cedars had offered to put Balbinder on the coach in the morning and let him stay at her house until he could be picked up in the evening . |
2 | He say because you let him stay with you , that do n't make you whore . |
3 | Let him bleed to death ? |
4 | Let him spit in her mouth and breed toads . |
5 | Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts , and let him return to the Lord and he will have compassion on him . |
6 | ‘ If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord , he will bring me back and let me see both it and his habitation ; but if he says , ‘ I have no pleasure in you , ’ behold , here I am , let him do to me what seems good to him' ( 2 Sam . |
7 | ‘ No , let him sleep for now . |
8 | I let him sleep in my room at night , and he kept me awake for hours talking about Mrs Robinson . |
9 | And what 's more , Uncle Pumblechook , realizing that this boy 's fortune may be made by going to Miss Havisham 's , has offered to take him into town tonight in his carriage , and let him sleep in his own house , and deliver him tomorrow to Miss Havisham 's . |
10 | Next morning I let him sleep until midday . |
11 | So let him talk for himself if he had anything to say . |
12 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring him here and let him rest under the trees . |
13 | ‘ Let him rest in peace . ’ |
14 | Sunderland , who travel to Blackburn on Wednesday night for their penultimate game of the season , had hoped to come to a compromise arrangement which would have enabled them to use Rogan against Swindon and then let him travel to Belfast before tomorrow night 's game . |
15 | Come on , let him go for goodness sake . |
16 | The Alcometer reading was negligible , so we let him go with a warning . ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Usually I let him go on the . |
19 | Please let him go at once . |
20 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
21 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
22 | She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . |
23 | They walked together through Dobbs 's field and Tom stood by the gate and let him walk on his own up the lane . |
24 | Let him walk into the trap ! |
25 | ‘ Th'should tell him so , not let him walk over thee ! ’ |
26 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
27 | He was , he was , th they they took him , they chained him up , and they let him loose in the local cemetery , and left him there . |
28 | " And never let him play with such a little ball again . " |
29 | Cos I let him play with it . |
30 | I let him get under my guard . |