Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was badly let down by a married man — Irish , I think . ’ |
| 2 | But one senior officer told us they felt let down by a legal system which denies them the right to detain an offender who 's cost 400 police hours in just 6 months . |
| 3 | ‘ Close to Eden is a good looking film let down by a convoluted and complex plot in which nothing really happens . |
| 4 | Let down by a short battery life , about three hours . |
| 5 | At Ullapool the midday early November sun was low in the sky , white gold fanning down into the sea beyond Scoraig peninsula ; An Teallach hid its snow caps , cut off by a cool indigo-grey cloud . |
| 6 | Mr Hodge remembered the seas had been very rough as the crew attempted to rescue the couple , who had been surprised and cut off by a fast moving tide at Huntcliff . |
| 7 | Rescue services arrived to find the men had abandoned their boat which was sinking and were stranded on rocks cut off by a rising tide . |
| 8 | Hemmings took a catch to dismiss Logie , who was beginning to look dangerous , and then the wickets slithered away — including Harper run out by a fine throw from Hemmings , who was having a wonderful time . |
| 9 | Finely-chiselled features with high cheekbones and a generous mouth , all set off by a cascading mass of beautiful golden hair . |
| 10 | The scene is the Ritz Club , the prototype of a sophisticated Thirties nightclub in dazzling primary colours set off by a sleek black bar . |
| 11 | ‘ We go in by a roundabout route . |
| 12 | Had he gone to Glastonbury or come back by a secret route to Templecombe to hide himself in the church ? |
| 13 | THE family of a father mown down by a suspected drink-driver wept at his funeral yesterday and spoke of forgiveness . |
| 14 | But the team hit financial troubles following a buy out by a Japanese company Leyton house . |