Example sentences of "[noun] and left me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
| 2 | They took the keys and the car and left me stranded . ’ |
| 3 | Then they drifted back into the pub and left me standing alone . |
| 4 | We talked for a while , and then my parents , surprisingly tactfully , murmured things about shopping and left me and Anna sitting at the little round table , under the blue umbrella . |
| 5 | ‘ They trussed me up in a skip and left me under the showers . |
| 6 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 7 | From the densely stacked bookcases he took down some lavishly illustrated volumes and left me alone to wonder at them . |
| 8 | Andy , my anaesthesiologist , gave me a smile and a pre-med jab and left me to float in a warm sea-green calm which was interrupted by the slap of rubber swing-doors and a breathless , ‘ Hi , my name 's Nudleman . |
| 9 | I remember when the sheep were quite happy nibbling grass and left me alone to munch my sandwiches . |
| 10 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 11 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 12 | and in the middle of the night they took me out my bed and left me |
| 13 | ‘ He had an affair and left me , but he keeps coming back ’ |
| 14 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 15 | With that , they walked off together to class and left me standing alone by the gates . |
| 16 | Mrs Reed smacked my face and left me without a word . |
| 17 | They packed their bags , sold the house and left me : I got that news in prison . |