Example sentences of "let her [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It was growing dark , and she thought of sleeping on a bench or under a tree in a remote part of Regent 's Park , but she was afraid that , having spent the night out and returning in a dishevelled state , her landlady might assume the worst and not let her in again . |
2 | If I had n't let her in she 'd have had to sit on her suitcase in the hall for three hours . ’ |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Her bitterness was divided equally between the medical profession , who she felt had let her down , and her sister , who although living nearby , had left her to look after their mother while the old lady died slowly of cancer . |
5 | He had never let her down before . |
6 | The doctors had let her down , her baby was difficult , her mother-in-law was not good enough . |
7 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
8 | I offered them all glasses as well , and Angelica took one and went on bellyaching to all around her about how Steve had let her down and she should never have trusted the louse , and it was a tribute to her acting that there was a distinct drawing aside of skirts in the pursed mouths of those around her who were fed up with hearing about it . |
9 | Yes , Shadwell had let her down . |
10 | Lizzy had adored her father and he had only ever let her down . |
11 | As for her mother : Ma , she felt , had let her down . |
12 | In spite of the fact that he had let her down badly and most devastating of all , even though he now had a new love — Beth still pined for him . |
13 | Ruby did not want to , she wanted to talk about her technique even though it had let her down . |
14 | If her husband had let her down , as was apparently the case , she ought to have a male relation of some kind , to see to things . |
15 | They had let her down , leaving her alone like that . |
16 | The problem the reason we 've let her down on standard bearings is because of this changeover . |
17 | The only way he had let her down was about her nightmare . |
18 | A tall man with an exoskeleton frightened her by demanding a retina-scan but the contacts in her eyes apparently passed muster because he let her through . |
19 | Fooled , he let her in , and she ran straight to his jazz records and whipping off her court shoe brought the heel down on his favourite Blossom Dearie . |
20 | Rachaela let her in . |
21 | Blunt let her in . |
22 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
23 | ‘ When he let her down it was just three weeks before her Finals . |
24 | The Northumbrian weather let her down . |
25 | Nan-Nan let her down badly . |
26 | I would say that on reception is the one that probably needs more support let her down all the rest of it . |
27 | Luke let her out . |
28 | Billie could see their closeness when Adam let her out , saw that they cared deeply for each other . |
29 | Less than two hours later , a city-centre taxi let her out under the lighted awning of the hotel by the park . |
30 | Gently Leon let her out and then drew her back . |