Example sentences of "[adv prt] and [verb] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie said , ‘ She must be stark mad to come in and let him see her like that . |
| 2 | He was going to say it … he had to be leading up to ‘ I love you ’ … and she felt she was clinging on by her fingernails to the last trace of hope , her hands clutching the door-jamb behind her to stop herself sliding down and begging him to say it . |
| 3 | ‘ A steward standing some 40 yards away rushed over and said he saw me making an obscene gesture . |
| 4 | But things progressed from there , and Hugh began to ask her to take her clothes off and to let him touch her . |
| 5 | Warn him off and have him think she wanted to encourage him herself ? |
| 6 | A waiter came up and made him put it on again . |
| 7 | You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? |
| 8 | No he he just left it that was the one I took out and cut he got it mm mm mm mm lovely boy is n't it funny that I see |
| 9 | I 'm happier to stand back and let him do his bit and I 'll do my bit , as long as we 're talking to each other . |
| 10 | And you stand by and let him do it … |
| 11 | She had been content to stand by and watch him dig his own hole with a shovel . |
| 12 | The to following allow and permit can be conceived with either an initial interception , as in ( 212 ) and ( 213 ) , or a final one , as in They stood by and allowed him to steal my car . |
| 13 | Alexia stood by and watched him do it . |