Example sentences of "never let " 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 | — Brenda Binge of Burnley calling for a ban on acid house parties ‘ I went to Oxford University , but I 've never let it hold me back . ’ |
| 3 | He had never let Anthony carry that much around . |
| 4 | ‘ I have never let myself go like that , ’ Alida said , ‘ never . |
| 5 | In the face of misfortunes and petty irritations , of death and daily pain , and the loss of love , she had held to her expectations and they had never let her down . |
| 6 | ‘ Kylie is changing all the time , she has never let a trend take hold of her . |
| 7 | Biddy had never let them down , come without fail all through the bad weather , and now was giving Nails an intensive course on her own horse which — in terms of money — was worth another couple of hundred pounds . |
| 8 | If they have never let their son or daughter go but are still jealously holding on to them , they may resent the marriage partner and therefore look for every possible fault . |
| 9 | He had never let her down before . |
| 10 | Who said in 1988 ‘ I went to Oxford , but I 've never let it hold me back . |
| 11 | In all his plans , he had never let himself contemplate an outcome as vicious as that . |
| 12 | He could smell in imagination what Liz had never let him know in actuality — the smell of sour milk and dirty nappies , could picture the dreadful lack of peace and privacy . |
| 13 | I 've never let male colleagues grind me down . |
| 14 | Said Gooch : ‘ Alec has never let England down as wicketkeeper , but he has not maintained his batting form when doing it . |
| 15 | The Beatles , The Rolling Stones and The Who were breaking the mould but still could be found ‘ thumbs up ’ and smiling in the glamour-stuffed pages of the NME who , with its circulation well in excess of 200,000 , was firmly established as the British pop bible , a title we have never let slip from our grasp . |
| 16 | Even more extreme was Olympic decathlete Daley Thompson , who straightforwardly stated that he wanted nothing to do with blacks : ‘ I 've never let the fact that my father was Nigerian [ his mother was Scottish ] interfere with me . |
| 17 | Phil Carrick has never let Yorkshire down but , in reflecting what might have been , he has the right to wonder if Yorkshire have always best served him . |
| 18 | " They told me " we 've never let a woman on before and we 're not going to now " and they did n't . " |
| 19 | But it 's worth it , because they 've never let me down . |
| 20 | Erm I once , talking to somebody about this and er he said erm , well he said I think I must be an intuitive because I 've never let the facts get in the way of a good idea . |
| 21 | She boldly insisted , ‘ I have never let anyone I interviewed check my own copy before publication . ’ |
| 22 | This was done with the frigid politeness of two people who do not like each other , know they do not like each other , but have never let that dislike come out into the open . |
| 23 | Rhoda had to give up work , and no sickness benefit was available since Ken had never let her succumb to the system and pay national insurance . |
| 24 | Unlike the Ribble bus it has never let us down ! |
| 25 | ‘ And you 've never let me down . |
| 26 | Safer to look out of the window , concentrate on the view ; that had never let him down . |
| 27 | I mean , when we lost to Sunderland in the 73 FA Cup , they 've never let up about it since , but noone mentions MUFC losing to second division Sheff Wednesday in the 1991 League Cup ! |
| 28 | Havelock said : ‘ I have had my troubles in the past , but I have never let England down . |
| 29 | Take a look at Middlesbrough 's travelling support it has never wavered and it has never let the club down , frequently imposing its vocal superiority at grounds from Goodison to Gigg Lane . |
| 30 | Water regularly ; never let the compost dry out completely , though you must beware of overwatering . |