Example sentences of "and [vb past] left the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tooth abscess had built up over 24 hrs and had left the patient without sleep for a night , it was very clearly Belladonna given the nature of the pain and the characteristic worse for lying . |
| 2 | But from when she had been sixteen and had left the Dame School and stepped right into the home life above the shop , it had been borne into her that marriage was a humdrum affair : two people lived together , apparently happy , yet went their own ways , as shown by her parents ; they did n't think alike , yet they did n't argue ; they never laughed at the same things , nor did local or national events affect them in the same way . |
| 3 | She had , apparently , spent little of the money on herself , had been a dependable benefactress of the few eccentric charities of which she approved , had remembered them in her will , but without egregious generosity , and had left the residue of her estate to him without explanation , admonition or peculiar protestations of affection , although he had no doubt that the words ‘ my dearly beloved nephew ’ meant exactly what they said . |
| 4 | Dolly , of course , had played the innocent for the moment and had left the money untouched . |
| 5 | But the dilemma remained and had left the US with the choice of two ghastly courses of action . |
| 6 | He said nothing until they were outside New Scotland Yard and had left the security men far behind , stamping their feet against the cold outside the main door . |
| 7 | At that time , he was not suspicious of any burglars but thought that Sara had been careless and had left the window unlocked . |
| 8 | Fortunately , when I did we maintained a perfect climbing attitude , I completed my mission , during which I spent sometime thinking about the young airman who had done the daily inspection of the instruments , and had left the auto pilot engaged . |
| 9 | To everyone 's surprise , though , she had married at eighteen , and had left the village . |