Example sentences of "[was/were] left [verb] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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1 | Not surprisingly , their performance was slack and many former friends and jealous local bands , who had charted their progress in the music press , were left wondering what all the fuss was about . |
2 | But those who saw Saturday 's world premiere in Leeds including Princess Margaret were left wondering what all the fuss had been about . |
3 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
4 | In a game that went to the fifth day only because many hours were lost to the weather — the actual playing time was two and two-thirds days — one was left wondering what he might have done had he been fully fit . |
5 | ‘ Perhaps — ’ But he stopped , and Anne was left wondering what it was that he had nearly said . |
6 | WHILE Nick Faldo was stirring himself back to life again in the Freeport-McMoran Classic with a second round of 69 , Sandy Lyle was left contemplating what he felt was likely to be another missed cut in his final preparation for next week 's Masters . |