Example sentences of "[conj] let him [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
2 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
3 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
4 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
5 | If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money . |
6 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
7 | For example , set your marketing manager the target of getting some positive publicity and let him control what he says to the press . |
8 | For example , assign your service manager a budget and let him control his own expenditure . |
9 | Julia sat down in the chair next to David 's and let him pour her a cup of cooling tea . |
10 | Then without the slightest compunction she thrust her basin of money and book of tickets into Sally 's lap and let him drag her , protesting theatrically , onto the dance floor . |
11 | So after that I just lay there and let him do what he wanted and he would complain about that too . |
12 | Why do n't we just go to Keith 's and let him do something ? |
13 | And you stand by and let him do it … |
14 | And it 's three little jobs and let him do it . |
15 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
16 | Dickey had rebelled against his black clothes , until he was told that it would be naughty to mamma not to put them on , when he at once submitted ; and now , though he had heard Nanny say that mamma was in heaven , he had a vague notion that she would come home again tomorrow , and say that he had been a good boy and let him empty her workbox . ’ |
17 | ‘ Get the good word to him if you so please , ’ he said amiably , ‘ and let him make himself scarce . |
18 | We might do better to find the hired assassin and let him lead us to McCloy . ’ |
19 | Silly noises like raspberries are an excuse for a good giggle — see how many you can come up with , and let him copy you . |
20 | She was suddenly far too aware that they were alone and would n't be disturbed until morning , too aware that the man whose overpowering masculine strength filled the room was her husband and had certain rights , too aware that the last frail layer of her protective façade had been shattered forever when she had wept in his arms and let him comfort her . |
21 | She grunted and let him help her sit . |
22 | She drew back a little , and let him see her face whole again , and in focus . |
23 | I dared not turn and let him see my face . |
24 | All you need do is look after your father , and let him see you 're cheerful . |
25 | There was n't too much to tell , and after Rutherford had finished he would leave the American in the room with the file and let him gut it for himself . |
26 | ‘ I 'll phone him , and let him know you 're coming . ’ |
27 | Luke Calder 's presence at the station was a fact of life , and she had to learn how to handle it or give up her job , and pride would never allow her to do that and let him know he had won . |
28 | Could you just ring up to old Si and let him know I 've arrived ? ’ |
29 | But if Hubert provokes Llewelyn into action , it 's England that will take the blame and the blow , and let him remember it . ’ |
30 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |