Example sentences of "they let her " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ They kidnapped Richard ‘ and smytinge the said Margerie so being with childe that she fell downe as a dead woman there they let her lye , the which was the cause of the saide childe 's deth . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They are obviously regretting that they let her start the paper round , but there seemed to be no reason for them to object to it . ’ |
| 3 | They let her keep that part of herself , though much else changed . |
| 4 | And Rosie , Susan , Heather , Katie , Clara and Isabel could not resist her either ; they let her join them , weakly , unable to refuse such primitive intention . |
| 5 | But there was never anyone else there when they let her go that far . |
| 6 | Dressed in flowing trousers and a tunic of billowing rose — they let her have clothes , now , providing she chose them herself by drawing what it was she wanted — she spent hours sitting at the table in the artificial sun over the balcony , the day 's book-cube dangling forgotten from her fingers . |
| 7 | Finally they let her go — the mother convinced that a boggle had possessed her daughter and only too glad to see the last of her , the father , heartbroken , soon to submit to an illness which his former self would have beaten off quite easily . |
| 8 | Rosie had to stay in hospital for ten days , but on the first Monday morning after they let her out , she came round to visit the family . |
| 9 | Poor , insecure little Caroline , clinging rigidly to what she knows , terrified of the unknown , terrified to trust people in case they let her down , hurt her feelings , or even endanger her in some way … ? ’ |
| 10 | They let her pass . |
| 11 | And , seeming to have a need to talk it all out of his system , ‘ I know Rosemary loves me , and would divorce her husband if they let her — I just know it . |
| 12 | they let her go on too long and it |
| 13 | So I think they let her out the day after . |