Example sentences of "let you " in BNC.

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1 You prick , he said , I should never have let you take them up .
2 How many times have you bought something that has let you down ( and not complained ) or worn a garment for just one season simply because it was the latest gimmick ?
3 ‘ I would have let you if you 'd asked , ’ said his Mum .
4 I know I 've let you down … but we 'll get by . ’
5 ‘ Have people let you down , then , Bella ? ’ she found herself saying .
6 ‘ Father Poole became very excited when I mentioned your name , and very annoyed when I told him I had let you go .
7 I could have let you in for it then , could n't I ! ’
8 To commit yourself when everyone has let you down .
9 Listen to what they say — maybe some place coming free soon , maybe some place they could have let you have three months back but it went to someone else .
10 Yesterday , 200 creditors at a Bristol meeting sat silently as Tjolle — who refused to answer questions — said : ‘ I have let you down , but have nothing to hide . ’
11 ‘ I would n't have let you off that easily , ’ Graham said with a half-smile .
12 In the matter of these smaller " possessions " , you might have thought that he would have let you get away with the things which you could not possibly do without , a set of fish-knives , for example , which had been a wedding present , or a " sketch of the Himalayas as seen from Darjeeling .
13 " Silly question , of course you must be or they would n't have let you out . "
14 ‘ I should n't have let you go in there , ’ Pascoe said .
15 And if I 'd known there would be raised voices , I would n't have let you in here . ’
16 ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down .
17 He 's let you go , if there 's any question of it .
18 I 'd as soon see you dead as let you go .
19 MI5 has n't let you know it .
20 Have I ever let you down ?
21 Liz has let you get on with it .
22 I 've let you play your games , you and Joseph , and I 've said it was nothing to me , it was enough that I was a painter .
23 How could you kiss someone properly when you knew they had let you sit there for hours waiting for them while they went off and had dinner with someone else ?
24 ‘ Your leg — and the Teller 's weakness — would not have let you stay with it . ’
25 ‘ I should n't have let you do it . ’
26 ‘ I know that 's what you imagine , and I guess I 've let you believe that because I had become so accustomed to my privacy that I did n't care for your intrusion into it , but you 're wrong .
27 How can you defend her , Claudia , when she 's let you down so badly ? ’
28 ‘ Women have let you down , ’ she said sympathetically .
29 You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past .
30 ‘ You 're really ambivalent about what I 've let you in for , are n't you ? ’
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