Example sentences of "let [pers pn] down [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Sorry to let you down like this , and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | The only thing that lets it down in this area is a slightly off-centre truss rod cover . |
| 5 | ‘ How could you let me down like this after all the effort I 've made ? |
| 6 | He seemed surprised as if it had not occurred to him that literature might let him down in this way . |
| 7 | Faced with the need to chastise a dancer , she never gave way to anger nor showed her annoyance but her eyes would fill with tears and she would say , ‘ I never thought a Tiller would let us down like this . ’ |