Example sentences of "let [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | could find yourself let in for two or three hundred pound because |
| 2 | This puts me in the position of having to either cancel the project — which would be a great discouragment to the volunteers , who might be reluctant to come forward again having been let down over this one — or risk going on without funding ( and then perhaps being told that funding can not be granted retrospectively ? ) . |
| 3 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 4 | The disappointment Haslam inevitably felt at being let down in this way led to a second turning point in his career and one of those ‘ negative accidents ’ that ultimately proved to have a positive outcome . |
| 5 | Married women were more likely than single mothers to be let down in this way , and such women were particularly likely to develop depression . |
| 6 | Coun Richmond asked councillors to vote for more talks with the disabled who he felt had been let down by late changes to the scheme . |
| 7 | Ms Morrell attempts damage limitation by telling her boss to keep his mouth shut and not rock the boat , but on he goes collecting more enemies and being let down by erstwhile friends . |
| 8 | English observers felt England had improved and that they dominated periods of the game but were let down by defensive errors . |
| 9 | I 'm sure I was n't the only young hopeful to feel bitterness and a sense of being let down by those who otherwise inspired us in our guitar playing . |
| 10 | Aimed at the dedicated games player with crisp graphics and rapid scaling , it 's let down by short battery life . |
| 11 | Crusaders , who hammered Wakefield 30-0 in the first round , were never in front and were let down by bad handling in atrocious conditions . |
| 12 | He said children were being let down by Conservative ‘ pennypinching ’ and adult training was being savaged by a cut in funding . |
| 13 | Evening elegance can be let down by everyday watch wear . |
| 14 | She made her way up to the hotel bedroom and was let in by one of the porters . |
| 15 | Fortunately , Town were let off from this one . |
| 16 | The police chief Tuma was taken to court by one judge for breaking an October 1989 decree to remove the miners , only to be let off by another a few weeks later . |
| 17 | I was let out between eight and half-past in the morning , locked back in at dinner time , let out to do the washing up and scrub the kitchen floor in the afternoon , and then locked up again . |
| 18 | and so on , every month their money is straight into the bank all their cheques come in straight into the bank so he 'll , you know , and I mean our pla , and the whole of the site nearly is let out for different people , you know , which is money coming in all the time |
| 19 | About agoraphobia and claustrophobia and the paradoxical desire to be let out into unconfined space , the wild moorland , the open ground , and at the same time to be closed into tighter and tighter impenetrable small spaces — like Emily Dickinson 's voluntary confinement , like the Sibyl 's jar . |
| 20 | Quigley ran towards me like a kid let out of primary school . |
| 21 | Fenella pulled the velvet folds of the cover about her and tried to sleep and not to think about what would happen and whether they would be let out of these rooms and what stories she might have to tell the Gruagach about Star People and the Fire Court and the other fictional places they were supposed to have travelled to . |
| 22 | At his firm 's headquarters in Portview ( within Belfast Harbour 's enterprise zone , off the M2 motorway 's Fortwilliam interchange ) Alan Campbell has created a purpose-built complex comprising offices and warehouses , some of which are let out to other companies . |
| 23 | Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants — another aspect of crown patronage . |
| 24 | When she had been here three days a man had trailed up the stairs , let in by another tenant , hammering on her door . |
| 25 | This game was a let down in most departments . |
| 26 | Mr Mukhametshin has been repeatedly let down by Russian suppliers , which in turn forces Anis to let down foreign customers . |
| 27 | The sad part about the whole sorry affair is that you appear to have been badly let down by those who by rights ought to feel indebted to you , but with the Sun in Aries and that part of your solar chart related to affairs of the heart you are bound to win some kind of moral victory , and even if you do decide to make a settlement this month you should still feel you really have much to celebrate . |
| 28 | Peppered with infinitely quotable one-liners and featuring some seriously over-the-top set-pieces , Lehmann 's film is a relentless attack on the vacuous youth of America , let down by some lame moralising in the last 30 seconds . |
| 29 | And they get let off for that ! |
| 30 | Kambli , on 20 overnight with India resuming at 144 for one , was also let off on 119 when Graham Gooch spilled a waist-high catch at first slip off Chris Lewis . |