Example sentences of "[vb past] let [pers pn] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Except when we were making love — that was the only time you seemed to let me anywhere near you . ’ |
| 2 | Jamie began to let him out daily , down three flights of stairs to a yard where buckets of water stood beside a drain . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It had let him down badly on some occasions , but , on balance , nobody could deny that it had served him extremely well . |
| 5 | And then he was very er well now I 'm sorry after he 'd put all the hard work with me , he was very very annoyed and disappointed that I had let him down so . |
| 6 | To have funked it , and then known I had let him off lightly , would have cost me even more sleepless nights . |
| 7 | But readers can appreciate my reason for feeling that brother Louis had let me down badly . |
| 8 | ‘ But it started to topple so they had to let it back down on my legs again . |