Example sentences of "left him [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rang a bell to be let out again and left him without a backward glance . |
| 2 | Handing him a cigarette I left him with a final warning . |
| 3 | The Southampton central defenders left it to Flowers — but Goddard 's challenge won him the ball and left him with a simple chance . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal decision left him with a two-year term to complete . |
| 5 | He looked as though a cannonball had hit him amidships and left him with a hollow chest and a permanent arch in his back . |
| 6 | CD 's experiences as a reporter of Parliamentary debates for The Morning Chronicle left him with a profound contempt for the quality of the majority of MPs ( early reflected in such satirical sketches as Cornelius Dingwall in SB 47 , and Mr Gregsbury in NN 16 ) , and for the standard of debate and general conduct in the House of Commons ; in AN 8 , for example , he observes that ‘ farm-yard imitations ’ have not as yet been imported into the American Congress from the UK Parliament , and he satirizes Parliamentary oratory and manœuvres in LD i 34 . |
| 7 | CHELSEA defender Paul Elliott is to sue Dean Saunders and Liverpool over the tackle that left him with a severe knee injury . |
| 8 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 9 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 10 | However , a venture as public-works contractor in World War I left him with a considerable bank overdraft , not liquidated until 1922 . |
| 11 | Despite his artistic pretensions , he was apprenticed to a local steel mill , where two accidents left him with a permanent limp and the loss of three fingers of one hand . |
| 12 | And she left him with a quick glance from her eyes , dark as an otter 's pelt , and a smile that was like a gift . |
| 13 | The trades council acceded , and left him with a clear run . |
| 14 | It left him with a two-over par total of 290 , ahead only of the equally out-of-form Jose-Maria Olazabal ( 292 ) of the five Europeans who had survived the 36-hole cut . |
| 15 | Adams has been absent through injury since a fall at Doncaster six weeks ago left him with a broken tibia in his left leg . |
| 16 | The martyrdom of his father in 203 left him with a cold antipathy to the pagan establishment , whether in government or in high culture . |
| 17 | The sublime memory of that first descent into the moist , mossy darkness of the jungle earlier in the day blazed again suddenly in his mind 's eye for a moment , but then his numbness left him in a furious rush and a piercing surge of purity and sweetness flashed through the rank darkness of the hut . |
| 18 | It left him in a jealous rage and he wrongly accused his 47-year-old wife of having an affair . |