Example sentences of "[conj] left [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not believe that Rose , if she had come back into the flat , would have let the cat out , or left it unfed . |
| 2 | There is none of that apparently aimless wandering in short stretches , punctuated by frequent bends , going halfway round the compass to reach the next hamlet or village , which characterises the byroads in country that has never been in open field or left it several centuries ago . |
| 3 | A blaze of glory , a fury of passion that left them weak and trembling in each other 's arms . |
| 4 | He ridiculed our political system , he scarified our leading politicians , seizing upon their vulnerable points with a destructive analysis that left them bereft of merit or morality . |
| 5 | We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed . |
| 6 | I told him all that left me cold . |
| 7 | Pain and nausea swept over him in waves that left him hot and sticky and weak at the knees . |
| 8 | Brightness tempted him , and yet many bright pictures he saw were insipid , cold lies that left him unsatisfied . |
| 9 | Karelius was about to correct her when she blundered on into a question that left him speechless . |
| 10 | The following year Ballesteros became involved in an endless , tiresome hassle over appearance money that left him isolated and a stranger on the European Tour . |
| 11 | Lying still , drugged by her own fantasies , she watched as he shrugged off his clothes with minimum effort , a lean efficiency of movement that left him naked , muscled and golden like a god from the pages of Nordic mythology . |
| 12 | But Karajan 's will was superhuman where music is concerned and he always had in his hand a trump card : a capacity for inner detachment that left him free of bitterness or rancour for all that has been written and said about him over the years . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the writing by a testator of his name on a testamentary document , as for instance by writing ‘ My will by John Smith ’ or perhaps by typing ‘ The will of John Smith , ’ or in some other passage that left it uncertain whether in doing so he was intending to authenticate the document , would not , by itself , satisfy either paragraph ( a ) or paragraph ( b ) of section 9 . |
| 14 | A father instituted his son and daughter heirs and left them each prior legacies of certain lands and loan books . |
| 15 | If she 'd been in the kid 's place , she 'd have run off by now and left them all to it . |
| 16 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 17 | The events of the year seemed to have washed over them and left them unaltered . |
| 18 | By 8.45am I 've picked out his feet and brushed him off , mucked out , prepared hay , water and evening feed and left them ready . |
| 19 | Something changed in his face then , some fleeting spectre that drained the life from his eyes and left them cold and hard . |
| 20 | The press reports confirmed this , adding that the Fascists cornered their victims in shop doorways and left them felled and bleeding . |
| 21 | Julia got up from her chair as quietly as she possibly could and left them alone . |
| 22 | The have built suburbs and left them stranded , separate from the ‘ official ’ culture . |
| 23 | It continued from one in the morning till half past five , and left me pale and fainting . |
| 24 | I remember when the sheep were quite happy nibbling grass and left me alone to munch my sandwiches . |
| 25 | From the densely stacked bookcases he took down some lavishly illustrated volumes and left me alone to wonder at them . |
| 26 | She went out then and left me alone . |
| 27 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 28 | My first natural impulse was to shout , to get help from whoever had come : and between intention and voice a whole stream of thoughts suddenly intruded and left me silent , open-mouthed to call out but unsure of the wisdom . |
| 29 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 30 | ‘ That was a hard woman who laughed and left me stranded . ’ |