Example sentences of "she [verb] let [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 While we 're getting married at least we can invite the kids to the wedding she goes cos I 'm upset too she goes let me comb your hair oi Mum !
2 She goes let me read it and she reads it and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and he goes what ? and she goes and she goes aargh !
3 But then he asked her what she was knitting , so she had to answer him , and after that she agreed to let him tap her chest with his rubber hammer , peer into her ears with his pencil light , and press the back of her tongue with one of Mrs Hollidaye 's silver apostle teaspoons .
4 But she turned to let me undo it and I got impatient with the damn thing .
5 With reluctance , she decided to let him sleep and moved away .
6 How could she have let him do that ?
7 Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ?
8 She knew she had to let him go , but after buttoning him into his coat , she wrapped her arms tightly around him , crying almost hysterically .
9 It was a waste of time him going but he nagged so much that she had to let him go .
10 He had said she was beautiful and called her Felipe 's woman , but obviously the count was not about to enlighten her on that particular score , and as she was not revealing her knowledge of his language she had to let it go .
11 ‘ Forget it — I 'm not talking to you in your suite ! ’ she snapped , chagrined by the way she had let him lead her .
12 How easily she had let him manipulate the transition .
13 At first she had let him wash their three-month-old child but Fred 's face had become red and perspiration stood out on his forehead as he held the mite as though she were made of china .
14 She had let him have it to comfort him because he minded leaving home and their mother more than she did .
15 The bloke was a fucking nutter and she had let him tie her up !
16 But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag .
17 She had let me see a draft of it , and I fancied that she had been a little timid about the dénouement , which was death in a motor accident , and feared that her own terrible anxiety over her son in the past might have inhibited her .
18 She had let it go too far .
19 She said let me know when you 're coming my love she said cos erm I do n't like cos I 'm on me own strangers and that
20 So and she said let me look at it and she what she 's doing fucking she 's fucking got her leg on a stool like that , not a very high one like sort of like that right ?
21 And she said to let her know straight away if we think it might be suitable .
22 Mrs Langton is my godmother and she 's let us take over these outbuildings . ’
23 She refused to let him come with her , but reluctantly agreed that either he or Shelley could call and see her every day before she went out or undertook any exercise other than gentle walking .
24 She refused to let him drive , and she had no time — no inclination ? — for making love with him .
25 When his mother heard that the subject was sex before marriage , she refused to let him attend .
26 She refused to let him touch her sexually , but she cared for his appearance , kept him active and stimulated , managed his beer consumption and dealt with all money matters .
27 The elderly woman opened it , but she must have thought I was a thief or a beggar , because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies .
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