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 .
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