Example sentences of "left to pick [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may be worrying about such people because you are left to pick up the pieces afterwards . |
| 2 | Consequently the daughter is left to pick up the pieces of the havoc caused by the strain of raised blood-pressure and general anxiety the next day . |
| 3 | And long-suffering wife Bet — actress Julie Goodyear — will be left to pick up the pieces . |
| 4 | Counselling is seldom provided in such matters : the social worker is often left to pick up the pieces . |
| 5 | But unfortunately er it seems to fall on many deaf ears and we the Society as other many charities who deal with animals are left to pick up the pieces . |