Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] left the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up . |
| 2 | It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up . |
| 3 | Although it was estimated that a further 2,000 more police would be needed to cope with rapidly rising crime ( 40,000 more crimes were reported in 1989 compared with 1988 , and there were 100,000 unsolved cases ) , an estimated 3,540 had left the force for more lucrative jobs as security guards . |
| 4 | Only one doctor was there , three had left the country . |
| 5 | No matches were found but no data were available on how many had left the state of Florida . |
| 6 | The social worker complained bitterly about the fact that Mrs X had left the home , and told her off . |
| 7 | Between 1951 and 1961 , he said , population had increased by 10,000 , but 6,500 had left the city because they were unable to find accommodation . |
| 8 | The social provision that had been Britain 's thank-offering to an expectant postwar world after 1945 had left the problem of poverty , in some respects , remarkably and alarmingly unaffected . |