Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always reply , ‘ It 's the Sixties for you now , dear , so you get out there and make a wally of yourself ’ — and he has never let me down in that respect , I am glad to say . |
| 2 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 3 | She hoped she had n't let him down in any way . |
| 4 | He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation . |
| 5 | The problem the reason we 've let her down on standard bearings is because of this changeover . |
| 6 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 7 | Fletcher said : ‘ Our batting department has let us down in both Tests , although everyone has been working hard on their game and how to combat their spinners on turning pitches . |
| 8 | You either let them in for two reasons . |
| 9 | He took big lungfuls of air and then let them out in great racking sobs that shook his whole body . |
| 10 | ‘ Let me in on this mystery that surrounds Corosini . |
| 11 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 12 | " You will never again leave the house without my permission … and I want to know who let you back in last night . " |
| 13 | She bowed in her turn to an irresistible force and let us in with raised eyebrows and an air of power suspended , not abdicated . |
| 14 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 15 | There 's no way I intend to let you out of this bed until you 've promised that you 'll marry me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And as I said , there 's no way I 'm going to let you out of this bed until I have your answer in the affirmative . ’ |
| 17 | Say me a word , one enlightening word , to let him out of this cage . |
| 18 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 19 | And and and of course now that er now that we 've got the total business beginning to operate as one , the chances of letting them down on standard bearings is very much smaller than it ever was before . |
| 20 | My parents were the type of parents who always seemed faintly disappointed by whatever it was you did , as if you were constantly letting them down in small ways . |
| 21 | The only thing that lets it down in this area is a slightly off-centre truss rod cover . |
| 22 | They 'll certainly let you in after this performance , " the Magistrate had said ironically as Mr Bradley made one or two more last-minute arrangements with Saint Peter for the opening of the celestial gates . |
| 23 | And then the policeman said : ‘ We 'll let you off on one condition . ’ |
| 24 | Do n't let her out of this room . |
| 25 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 26 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |