Example sentences of "let [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence said the team had to deliver for fans who had been let down in recent years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | English observers felt England had improved and that they dominated periods of the game but were let down by defensive errors . |
| 5 | Aimed at the dedicated games player with crisp graphics and rapid scaling , it 's let down by short battery life . |
| 6 | Crusaders , who hammered Wakefield 30-0 in the first round , were never in front and were let down by bad handling in atrocious conditions . |
| 7 | He said children were being let down by Conservative ‘ pennypinching ’ and adult training was being savaged by a cut in funding . |
| 8 | Evening elegance can be let down by everyday watch wear . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Quigley ran towards me like a kid let out of primary school . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Many farms were let out to royal clerks and lay servants — another aspect of crown patronage . |
| 14 | Mr Mukhametshin has been repeatedly let down by Russian suppliers , which in turn forces Anis to let down foreign customers . |
| 15 | When let out to private contractors , corruption and harsh treatment of the paupers was too often added to failure . |