Example sentences of "marks left " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very characteristic marks left on the mire show how it was made and this can indicate the likely age of a piece . |
| 2 | The carpet has been there for three years and is still in good condition — the only signs of wear are the marks left by ‘ wee Lachie ’ , the Stewarts ' three-year-old son . |
| 3 | Actually , the frets are already beginning to show marks left by the wound strings , an indication that a fairly soft wire has been used . |
| 4 | Inside Sutton dredged up personal details , such as Murdoch insisting the fringes of his Indian carpets be combed into regimented lines every morning and that there must be no marks left behind by the wheels of the Hoover . |
| 5 | Could these be the marks left by jellyfish stranded on the beach , baked in the sun and then covered by a wash of fine sand by the next tide ? |
| 6 | The marks left behind on the wood have also been studied for comparison with excavated pieces of timber , and similar experiments have been used to investigate the use of bronze and iron axes . |
| 7 | Similar marks left by females leave similar messages including information about their sexual receptivity . |
| 8 | We could see on limestone crags the sooty marks left by Tom in his desperate bid to escape . |
| 9 | He found himself following the line of marks left in the carpet by the sharp heels of her shoes , caught himself watching the alternate bracing of her calf muscles as she moved to and fro . |
| 10 | The papal legate in England in 1213 , Nicholas de Romanis , reported that he had not received the 1000 marks left to the pope ( nor the 500 left to the cardinals ) by the archbishop of York , Geoffrey Plantagenet . |
| 11 | A crash investigator told the court he 'd calculated the speed using a reconstruction and tyre marks left on the road . |