Example sentences of "he let me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Excitedly I told him what had happened and begged him to let me have the harmonium . |
| 2 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 3 | I 've asked him to let me go straight out and breathe the cellar air , but he always makes me wait till I 've had breakfast . |
| 4 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 5 | I made him let me walk in the cellar this morning . |
| 6 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
| 7 | One 's the need to make him let me go . |
| 8 | Yes , he let me go first at every fence ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When he let me pass , he then slipstreamed and overtook me again . |
| 10 | ‘ He gave me much time and attention but did not allow me to waste a minute ; he left me fully free to express my feelings and thoughts but did not hesitate to present his own ; he offered me space to deliberate about choices and to make decisions but did not withhold his opinion that some choices and decisions were better than others ; he let me find my own way but did not hide the map that showed the right direction . |
| 11 | It was a double one and the man on duty smiled as he let me in . |
| 12 | That he heard I was so tremendously successful in the Gothic style that if he let me alone I should Gothicize the whole country , &c. , &c. , & c . |
| 13 | Many a wet day was passed in this way for he let me help him , or did I hinder ? |
| 14 | He let me wear his hat once , a great honour indeed . |
| 15 | He let me into one of his secrets when he told me that he tries to avoid cream sauces and prefers to use stock and wine reductions . |
| 16 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |
| 17 | When it was in the oven , I asked him if he 'd like me to clean up , wash the pastry board etc , and for the first time he let me . |
| 18 | He let me go , and I massaged my arm instead , where he had gripped me . |
| 19 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 20 | He let me know every day that he longed to escape from Reine altogether . |
| 21 | Quite suddenly , he let me go and his voice changed . |
| 22 | He let me know you were all right . |
| 23 | ‘ He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it . |
| 24 | He let me go , and only looked at me . |
| 25 | He let me hold it once . |
| 26 | But he let me search and ch-ch-ch |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll tell your mother , ’ I said , and he let me go . |
| 28 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 29 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 30 | Downstairs he let me watch him make tea ( in the outer cellar ) , and something ridiculous he said made me laugh — or want to laugh . |