Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] let him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " For pity 's sake be still and let him get a word in edgeways . " |
| 2 | For example , the mother of a five-year-old who always cries when bedtime comes may give in every so often and let him stay up late because she can not bear to see tears . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps we can bring him here and let him rest under the trees . |
| 4 | And that wretched Richard , ’ she added impatiently , ‘ Has got me right in a corner by bringing that nice man here and letting him invite Dickie down to Devon . |
| 5 | So after that I just lay there and let him do what he wanted and he would complain about that too . |
| 6 | She would not just sit there and let him do this to her ! |
| 7 | But she could n't just sit there and let him criticise her choice of friends . |
| 8 | He put himself right before every one of them , and he was so intelligent at the job that all I had to do was to ride him quietly and let him jump without fussing him . ’ |