Example sentences of "been let [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 More recently , it was impossible to forget how he personally had been let down over the reserves pledged for the first phase at Verdun .
2 Erm I think they thought they 'd been let down at the end of it .
3 ONCE again , we had been let down by the refusal of human beings to conform to expected patterns .
4 The upsurge in interest in how small businesses are funded , reflects growing concern that they 've been let down by the banks , and the realization that they are the most significant source of employment as the country struggles to emerge from the recession .
5 Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it .
6 Mr Doogan — who had previously been let in to the site at Aldermaston , Berks — claimed a new rule banned Irish people .
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