Example sentences of "she left the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ After two years she left the course .
2 Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door .
3 She left the cloakroom and went to her office , took the report from the night sister and then went out of the office towards the nursing station .
4 She left the pages where they lay , one-dimensional flakes littering the murky floor , and she went to stand by the balcony window again .
5 When she left the desert , and the Sandrat knew she would eventually come to the end of the sand , the face would be waiting for her .
6 She left the citizens of Riverbank to their shouting match and struck off along the trail to the footpath .
7 In 1895 she left the mission to found the Esperance Working Girls ' Club with Mary Neal , and in 1897 she founded the Maison Esperance , a co-operative dressmaking business .
8 At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway .
9 ‘ OK , ’ she nodded quickly , and noticed as she left the veranda that Bill Hamilton had moved closer to his wife 's side and engulfed her slim artist 's hand in his larger , stronger one in a gesture of silent support .
10 A week later , she left the clinic and went home .
11 She owned farms locally and spent her life worrying about Christian slaves in Turkey , for on her death she left the farms to pay for their ransom .
12 She left the interview-room , straining against the grip Luke kept on her waist as they walked out into the courtyard .
13 Eithne , an accomplished singer who stood in for Barbara Dickson in Blood Brothers at London 's Lyric Theatre , says she left the soap because there was no future development for her Mrs Rogers .
14 She was still dreaming of her lovely evening though when , showered , dried and back in her night attire , she left the bathroom and opened the sitting-room door , went in — and stopped dead .
15 She left the buffet and headed for the small John Menzies shop opposite .
16 Without a word she left the Archimandrite 's cell , swept from the courtyard in a manner which made three sheep instinctively follow her , and started down the mountainside .
17 Her face set in a mask of intense fury , she slammed the doors hard as she left the court .
18 Strong persuasion was required to keep Curran from her evening doubles match but as she left the court to return to her hotel for physiotherapy , England claimed another point by default .
19 When she left the branch she actually locked him in , using a special procedure which takes a few seconds . ’
20 Initially , she claimed that when she left the gardens , Mrs McMullen was laughing and joking with McLean .
21 By the time she left the hotel Duncan was in bed , the light and television both switched off .
22 Refreshed by a cool shower , her cloud of dark hair loose around her shoulders , she left the hotel and , following the signs , began to make her way through an absolute rabbit-warren of narrow streets towards Piazza San Marco .
23 Then , still feeling uptight , she left the hotel and took a brief walk down Hlavní Třída , the main street .
24 Britain 's Sharon Lee also faced Gao and succumbed to two knockdowns , but although she left the hall without a medal , two good wins , including a 20-second victory over Carole Scheid , of the United States , showed that she is capable of making an impact at world level .
25 ‘ I 'm sure of one thing , ’ Fru Møller said darkly , to no one in particular , as she left the Hall to collect raspberry jam from the kitchen for a guest allergic to strawberries , ‘ the rain wo n't deflect Miss Danziger from her purpose . ’
26 Finally Miss Thorne refused to wait any longer and told them to take a short break while she left the hall to make a phone call to Hillbrook Farm .
27 He made quite a fuss about it , saying it was time she left the nest , stood up to the forceful Elise and lived her own life .
28 She left the stove , grabbed her holdall and began packing everything back into it .
29 She left the ferry after the brief trip back to Earth .
30 As she left the cabin she took one of the oilskin jackets out the hanging locker .
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