Example sentences of "[conj] left for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Baits need to be anchored well on the bottom and left for long periods and leger tactics are more likely to succeed than the float . |
2 | The debris , dead foliage , branches and twigs were simply thrown onto the roadway and left for passing traffic and public-spirited citizens to remove . |
3 | Sometimes the thread was misery , sometimes the black joy of an earth , blasted and left for dead , that went on labouring in darkness to renew itself . |
4 | A man on his way to Jericho was attacked , robbed and left for dead . |
5 | In one case there were two 13-year-old girls , who had been sexually assaulted and left for dead . |
6 | ‘ I HAVE been shot twice , once in the back , and left for dead , I 've been stabbed . |
7 | Beaten and left for dead . |
8 | Perhaps , if left for long enough girls may kill one another also , but it would have taken a far longer time to happen . |