Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb infin] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made for the new extension , hoping she had imagined that speculative look in her young assistant 's eye , and feeling that she 'd better let him think the Palmer & Pearson file had dropped on her desk while he was absent on Friday . |
| 2 | Looking round , he saw that the young accomplice had retrieved the knife and was pointing it at him like a gun , stammering : ‘ You 'd better let him go , d' you hear ? ’ |
| 3 | I guessed , but did not make him confirm my guess . |
| 4 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 5 | We did not let him go upstairs , but one day Tabby found him on my bed . |
| 6 | Antony looked apologetic but Connon did not let him speak . |
| 7 | This was one of the voyages in which the men of science were in charge , in that the point of the expedition was scientific ; often there had been frustration among scientists on voyages because the captain 's instructions , or his interpretation of them , did not let him stay at interesting places as long as they would have liked , or put enough boats and crews at their disposal . |
| 8 | She did not see him leave . |
| 9 | I did not see him come in but looked up to find him standing suddenly between two columns . |
| 10 | They felt it right that Wendy did not see him die . |
| 11 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 12 | Erm , that his father did n't make him go to school . |
| 13 | There were two girls even older than him who also could n't read , but it did n't make him feel any better . |
| 14 | Tammuz smiled but it did n't make him look cheerful . |
| 15 | But the smile did n't make him look more attractive , it made him look more dangerous . |
| 16 | Stephen did n't let him continue . |
| 17 | Well when he went back to work er they did n't let him start . |
| 18 | She did n't let him pay half ; he did n't protest too much . |
| 19 | The broom cupboard key-hole did n't let him see anything . |
| 20 | But she did n't let him see , keeping her face as unresponsive as if she wore her mask still . |
| 21 | It hurt a lot , but I did n't let him see that . |
| 22 | Philip did n't let him touch it . |
| 23 | Because she 'd abruptly felt as if her heart would burst if she did n't let him touch her , kiss her , hold her in his arms again , and then the desire had escalated so quickly that kissing had n't been enough ? |
| 24 | If he gave Lee the torch , he 'd let Jack and everyone else know where they were by mucking around with it , and if he did n't let him have it , he 'd most likely give them both away by having a scene . |
| 25 | ‘ I said you were at work but I did n't let him have your number . |
| 26 | She did n't hear him come up from behind at all . |
| 27 | He must have ridden through the crowd but I did n't see him do it . |
| 28 | PROFESSOR YVON BOUCHARD : I did n't see him walk in . |
| 29 | Oh , I did n't see him go up at all . |
| 30 | ‘ But you did n't see him come back ? ’ |