Example sentences of "never [vb pp] [pers pn] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the face of misfortunes and petty irritations , of death and daily pain , and the loss of love , she had held to her expectations and they had never let her down . |
| 2 | He had never let her down before . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But it 's worth it , because they 've never let me down . |
| 5 | ‘ And you 've never let me down . |
| 6 | Safer to look out of the window , concentrate on the view ; that had never let him down . |
| 7 | Biddy had never let them down , come without fail all through the bad weather , and now was giving Nails an intensive course on her own horse which — in terms of money — was worth another couple of hundred pounds . |
| 8 | Unlike the Ribble bus it has never let us down ! |
| 9 | Joan Main was thought to have moved to South Wales after she disappeared , but despite a nationwide appeal for information the police have never tracked her down . |
| 10 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 11 | He might not have been able to dodge the water , but they 'd never pinned him down for the Instruction . |