Example sentences of "be left at the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Poor Americans might be left at the mercy of luck and charity . |
| 2 | On Wednesday Mrs. Gilmour arranged for a copy of petition to be left at the Holybourne Post Office and Stores . |
| 3 | What can I do ? ? — Donations of gifts of food or goodies : gift tokens or donations can be left at the John Paul Centre ( daytime or Knights of St Columba , Southfield Road , ( evenings ) to enable the CAUSE group to make up suitable Christmas Hampers . |
| 4 | He believed " the dirt of the pit should be left at the pit " . |
| 5 | The horse could be left at the local inn and its owner would soon come looking for it . |
| 6 | For the time being anchoring is free and dinghies can be left at the Texaco fuel dock . |
| 7 | Sufficient surplus should be left at the top to allow an anchorage with stones or paving slabs and , when an irregular-shaped pool is envisaged , then calculations should be based upon a rectangle which encloses the greatest width and greatest length of the excavation . |
| 8 | Just as the members of the harmonic series come at closer and closer intervals as the series ascends , so will the notes of a well-sounding chord be arranged with the notes which make up the top half closer together than those of the bottom half , and a clear octave should be left at the extreme bottom of the chord . |
| 9 | Space should be left at the end of pipe runs for slight expansion . |
| 10 | Space should be left at the ends of the pipe runs for the pipe to expand . |
| 11 | Conveyancers are not normally expected to act as negotiators and , if estate agents are involved , it is important to make certain that they have fully and finally settled the price , both for the legal estate in the property and for any extras , such as fixtures and fittings , or even any chattels that might be left at the property . |
| 12 | Although , when the three friends reunite in 1959 after thirteen years , they have not achieved everything they hoped for as adolescents , we are left at the end of the play with a feeling of hope — not the kind of false hope prescribed by Soviet censors but the hope that comes from being young and strong and having lived through difficult times . |
| 13 | A First of all , do n't be put off by notices in the shop claiming that articles are left at the owner 's risk . |
| 14 | Once inside , the maid will slide back the fusuma ( paper-panel door ) and the slippers are left at the door . |
| 15 | He has not only tarnished his relationship with Leeds United Football Club ( the club that he owes everything to including his 2.75M price tag ) , he also shit on the manager and those players who are left at the club , who helped him win a championship medal . |
| 16 | But environmentalists warn that this could also result in third world countries being the destination of some of the toxic materials which are left at the end of the recycling process . |
| 17 | If the allies had agreed to a peace settlement before starting a land war , Mr Hussein would have been left at the head of a country whose air force and army were still largely intact . |
| 18 | If a car has been left at the chapel , a more direct way to it may be made by turning down into the valley from Outrake Foot . |
| 19 | The head is less than full frame height and a space has been left at the top of the picture to give her ‘ head room ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ A note has been left at the flat where they lived , advising friends that they have gone to London for a vacation . |
| 21 | And in fact at the end of the expedition ski poles which had been left at the bottom of the climb had vanished . |
| 22 | The key had been left at the hotel pending their arrival . |
| 23 | It was partly because these artificial agglomerations soon broke up that we were left at the finish with a lot of little scraps , which nobody , when not talking through the back of his head , could mistake for potential nations . |
| 24 | If donations were taken at a service , they were left at the door either on the way in or on the way out . |
| 25 | There are two pightles in this parish , both referring to elongated pieces of land , relics of the time when such shapes were left at the edge of a field after it had been divided up for strip-cultivation . |
| 26 | We must continue the drive for improved competitiveness and increased productivity , otherwise we risk being left at the starting gate , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I engage the actors and pay them , and whatever is left at the end is mine . |
| 28 | If such features are to be separated , for purposes of the division of academic labour , from the language-system itself , then one wonders quite what is left at the core and what uses it can be put to . |
| 29 | We all know what happens when jellied gravy and sediment is left at the bottom of a bowl of dripping or lard . |
| 30 | The pan is left at the side with its lid on to keep the sauce warm while he stands over the heating water , muttering incantations to make it boil . |