Example sentences of "and then left [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The gods came : they ate and danced and then left contented . |
| 2 | Thousands of black students are exploited by being lured to college on the promise that their sporting skills will lead to a professional career — and then left ill-educated and forgotten ( although the colleges are enriched by the television networks ) when the career does not materialise . |
| 3 | Mellanby located the causes in environmental and even cultural factors — the greater intermingling of city children , overcrowded dwellings or — in girls the fashion for ‘ permanent waves ’ , in which hair would be set and then left uncombed and unwashed for long periods . |
| 4 | Karsten Schubert is exhibiting new paintings by Keith Coventry ( 2 July-1 August ) , and Francis Graham Dixon shows eight recent table sculptures by Brian Wall ( to 2 August ) , who worked as Barbara Hepworth 's assistant from 1955–60 and then left this country in 1969 to go to Berkeley 's University of California where he is now Professor of Art . |
| 5 | Seven houses which were bought and then left derelict for years by Robert Maxwell , have been opened up again to potential buyers . |
| 6 | A row of houses , which were bought up and then left empty by Robert Maxwell are to be sold again . |