Example sentences of "let [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They felt that he had let them down in front of others . |
| 2 | To the community at Canterbury he was a saintly but somewhat ineffective archbishop , who had let them down in the matter of the primacy of their church . |
| 3 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I never give up on people — even those who have let me down in the past . |
| 6 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 7 | What have we let ourselves in for ! |
| 8 | Peach alone was in the house , having let himself in through the cat flap Stephen had fixed into the lower panel of the back door . |
| 9 | As Desmond Haynes and Philip Simmons added 99 at better than a run a minute with a volley of boundaries , he must have wondered what he had let himself in for . |
| 10 | He knew what he had let himself in for and he was glad . |
| 11 | Hutton took a drop in salary to join Durham , and he wondered what he had let himself in for when , after a battering from Franklyn Stephenson , he had to leave the field to be sick . |
| 12 | Why should I wish the lad any worse harm than he 's let himself in for already ? ’ |
| 13 | Thistle 's early season promise has evaporated , and debutant Julian Broddle must be wondering what he 's let himself in for . |
| 14 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 15 | As the ethereal strains of Ravel stole through the room , Penry let himself down on the sofa , eyes closed . |
| 16 | He let himself down beside her and took her in his arms , and Leonora yielded to him without a qualm . |
| 17 | Cathy went into the shop and Wycliffe let himself out into the little hall from which stairs led up to the flat . |
| 18 | He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door . |
| 19 | Seb let himself out through the gate and Carrie was half-way back to the house when his soft call brought her to a halt . |
| 20 | He let himself out of the front door and when he was beyond the shelter of the porch he felt the sting of rain on his cheeks . |
| 21 | Duncan let himself out of the car as Myeloski walked round to him . |
| 22 | Then , looking at the man as if he was so much dirt , he let himself out of the front door . |
| 23 | When he was satisfied that everything was straight , he let himself out of the back door . |
| 24 | He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation . |
| 25 | Do you mean we 've let you off for the evening ? |
| 26 | I could have let you in for it then , could n't I ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 're really ambivalent about what I 've let you in for , are n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm helping to set out the stalls for the hospital bazaar — should be back about midday , ’ she called , as she let herself out of the house . |
| 29 | Then she let herself out of the door and walked through the yard , muttering quietly to Ferry , so that he would know who it was . |
| 30 | Then she let herself out of the farmhouse , and started to walk . |