Example sentences of "[pers pn] let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposing she let them down after dear Franz Busacher had connived and wheedled to make her acceptable to Gesner ? |
| 2 | ‘ … so long as you let me in on all the details . ’ |
| 3 | In a wedding photograph , the interesting faces are not those of the bride and groom , but of the encircling guests : the bride 's younger sister ( will it happen to me , the tremendous thing ? ) , the groom 's elder brother ( will she let him down like that bitch did me ? ) , the bride 's mother ( how it takes me back ) , the groom 's father ( if the lad knew what I know now if only I 'd known what I know now ) , the priest ( strange how even the tongue-tied are moved to eloquence by these ancient vows ) , the scowling adolescent ( what do they want to get married for ? ) , and so on . |
| 4 | Why could n't she let him in to that private part of herself that sometimes cried out for — what ? |
| 5 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 6 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 7 | They let me off at four in the morning and I had to be in court by nine . |
| 8 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 9 | Normally , he let it through at 5.43 , except that on that particular Saturday he received it a minute or so late . |