Example sentences of "let [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " 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 | She hoped she had n't let him down in any way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He heard her sigh deeply , the way she always did when he let her down in some way . |
| 5 | Fletcher said : ‘ Our batting department has let us down in both Tests , although everyone has been working hard on their game and how to combat their spinners on turning pitches . |
| 6 | ‘ … so long as you let me in on all the details . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Let me in on this mystery that surrounds Corosini . |
| 8 | I want to see you again just as soon as they let me out of this hospital . |
| 9 | Dear brother , let me out of this awful place and the blessed Virgin will reward you . |
| 10 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 11 | He once locked two visiting American soldiers inside the cathedral one evening and promised to come to let them out in half an hour but forgot to come . |
| 12 | My start was beginning to let me down around this time — Ron and I were concentrating more on my pick-up — but I had the satisfaction of beating Calvin Smith quite comfortably . |
| 13 | There 's no way I intend to let you out of this bed until you 've promised that you 'll marry me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And as I said , there 's no way I 'm going to let you out of this bed until I have your answer in the affirmative . ’ |
| 15 | Sorry to let you down like this , and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m . |
| 16 | It 's awful to let her in for all this . ’ |
| 17 | Say me a word , one enlightening word , to let him out of this cage . |
| 18 | He moved incredibly slowly , zombie-ish , as if he 'd been a patient in there since before the flood and they 'd finally decided to let him out for some fresh air . |
| 19 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 20 | She could see , as plain as the nose on her face , that here was a man of the self-centred , philandering , dangerous variety , the kind of man no girl in her right mind would risk getting involved with … so how come her hormones were letting her down in this maddening way ? |
| 21 | Why somebody lets me down like that . |
| 22 | The only thing that lets it down in this area is a slightly off-centre truss rod cover . |
| 23 | Lloyd Grossman shares the fun he 's had in making the series and lets us in on some behind-the-scenes secrets . |
| 24 | You do n't let me in at all . |
| 25 | Do let me in on any more of your detective work , wo n't you , Charles ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 27 | He could n't let them down like that , his brave little company who had battled their way , despite enormous odds , into a precarious success . |
| 28 | People would stare and look away , but he did n't let them off with that . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more . |
| 30 | You may not want to go to all this trouble so I 'll let you in on another easier method of finding some good swims . |