Example sentences of "let [pers pn] down [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 He had two other wins that year , at Zandvoort and Monza , but his car let him down on other occasions when his excellent driving had put him in a race-winning situation .
3 The problem the reason we 've let her down on standard bearings is because of this changeover .
4 And and and of course now that er now that we 've got the total business beginning to operate as one , the chances of letting them down on standard bearings is very much smaller than it ever was before .
5 My parents were the type of parents who always seemed faintly disappointed by whatever it was you did , as if you were constantly letting them down in small ways .
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