Example sentences of "we [vb past] left the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought I would n't mention that until we 'd left the pea-green incorruptible behind . |
| 2 | Wavebreaker settled on her new course and , by the time the small hours were growing , we had left the island 's lights well behind and I was cutting her prow hard into real ocean waves . |
| 3 | The Land-Rover had seen better days , and once we had left the village street and taken to the track — it was little more — that wound up from the village towards the moorland , conversation was difficult . |
| 4 | Even before we had left the environs of Mount Pleasant airport , we had seen upland geese grazing unconcernedly alongside the runway , and we crossed creeks where small parties of speckled teal were swimming . |
| 5 | We had left the endless reliable fields of Middle Egypt behind . |
| 6 | Even before we had left the outskirts of Makassar , Abu grinned into my face and asked , " In your country , chickens fly ? " |
| 7 | ‘ Well , Jane , what is it ? ’ he asked , when we had left the room full of guests and gone into the library . |
| 8 | Four days after we had left the Daro he decided to push on ahead with Kassimi , on our two best mules , in order to catch a train from the Awash Station to Addis Ababa for medical treatment . |
| 9 | I know I was sadder than at the end of most commissions when we finally broke up the team in the refreshment room of Waterloo Station after we had left the ship in Southampton . |