Example sentences of "my [noun sg] left me " in BNC.

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1 I still remember that day in the war when , as a very junior subaltern , my CO left me a little hand-written note admonishing me for appearing at breakfast unshaven .
2 Once my husband left me and went back to his ex-wife .
3 My husband left me when I became pregnant .
4 I have met plenty of those since my husband left me — for another man , incidentally , not for a young bimbo .
5 My boy-friend left me when my son was six months old , after an eight-year relationship .
6 My wife left me without a word at the end of March , leaving only a Dear John letter on the table .
7 " My father left me land here , " Hasan said .
8 My father left me in sole and total charge , ’ she said slowly , battling to retain control of her emotions .
9 Yet I have lived many thousands of years , and am no older now than the day my lord left me .
10 Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment .
11 When we started courting my Dad left me alone .
12 But slowly my madness left me , and my health began to return .
13 As members will know , the exhibition has since taken place with great success , but the absence of the previously planned ceremonials ( dress and food ) at my visit left me disappointed .
14 My brother left me alone in the room with him and I loathed him on sight … then I eventually liked him and then I fell in love with him . ’
15 My mother left me a property in Lesotho when she died , and they insisted that it must be in my husband 's name .
16 Nearly eight months ago my boyfriend left me .
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