Example sentences of "[vb -s] let [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Platt has let me down |
| 2 | The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening ( Dorling Kindersley , 1992 , £29.95 , 0 86318 979 2 ) , a companion volume to the quarter-million-selling Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers , tries to be comprehensive for gardening techniques ; I have used it for all my practical enquiries for the last three months and it has let me down only once . |
| 3 | The commonest and most visible indices of field officer performance are negative , as an agency head explained : ‘ An area supervisor will sit there and say , ‘ So and so has let me down again . |
| 4 | Murray added : ‘ The player feels he has let me down and his wife was in tears when she rang . |
| 5 | I can imagine the man in the evenings , slumped in his armchair , a glass in his hand , brooding on how life has let him down . |
| 6 | The Christian life should be one of joy and peace , they feel , so either they have failed God or he has let them down — though they feel guilty for thinking so . |
| 7 | During that time it has let us down just once , stranding the deputy editor Michael Harvey in Hammersmith with a broken clutch cable . |
| 8 | The Government has let us down by not realising we needed investment . |
| 9 | The public has been marvellous it is big business and local Government that has let us down . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ? |
| 12 | To commit yourself when everyone has let you down . |
| 13 | And no one wants to let us near it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I must say the old trousers he wears let him down a little — but at the wedding he 'll wear his best suit . |
| 15 | someone 's let him down |
| 16 | ‘ He 's let me down twice today , ’ O'Hara said . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's let me down , ’ said Constance . |
| 18 | ‘ She 's supposed to be Miss Kind and Caring , and she 's let me down . ’ |
| 19 | They 're normally out tonight she 's let me down again . |
| 20 | When I trudge to the door , only Des comes to let me out . |