Example sentences of "they [vb past] left the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just politely told they 'd left the area — " This number is no longer available as the special investigation team has left the area . " |
| 2 | They 'd left the plates lying around and the wine bottles on the floor , and there was still a bit of wine left in one of them . |
| 3 | ‘ Jimmy said they 'd left the gates open specially … . ’ |
| 4 | forgetting that they 'd left the heating off . |
| 5 | He could n't help thinking of something that she 'd said in all seriousness when they 'd left the apartment building behind and a lack of any interest from a passing night patrol on the motorway had told him that no , the police did n't seem to be keeping an active watch for his car ; she 'd looked at him and she 'd said , Promise me , Peter . |
| 6 | They ate the sandwiches they 'd made before they 'd left the house , and then lay in their shelter and read two paper-backed books they 'd brought with them . |
| 7 | Rosie stamped ahead of Rory the two streets to where they 'd left the car . |
| 8 | They 'd left the other door wide open , and as Juliet passed , she caught sight of a rumpled bed with blue sheets . |
| 9 | Smiling , Nicolo put his arm around her shoulders and led her back to where they 'd left the Ferrari . |
| 10 | I thought she 'd just er you know , she was worried about her children cos as usual they 'd left the keys behind , they were the house . |
| 11 | By this time they had left the classroom and were walking down one of the long , high-ceilinged corridors of the Faculty building . |
| 12 | Their clothes were in a worse state than when they had left the workhouse . |
| 13 | Half an hour had passed since they had left the shelter of the culvert . |
| 14 | After they had left the tavern , there were always some globules of mercury on the floor which the charitable thought had spilt from their bottles , but the waiters knew had come from the men themselves . |
| 15 | They had left the paddock gate open , and Joe had taken advantage of it to go in search of more of the nice green apples he remembered having enjoyed so much the previous day — but this time he did n't reach Jessica Turvey 's orchard ; he got himself trapped in the marsh . |
| 16 | When they had left the cinema , they found it had been raining so Yanto decided the standing position would be favourite . |
| 17 | When they had left the village , passing beneath the clump of wild apricot trees , bespattered with blossom , they walked in single file between the fields . |
| 18 | But once they had left the house , and were at last too far away to hear her aunt 's and uncle 's farewells , or to see them as they stood outside in the yard , silhouetted against the lighted kitchen , excitement began to creep into Ruth and her spirits began to lift . |
| 19 | Then a dreadful thing happened , or so I heard , for they had left the farm by then , ; the poor Rector — I expect it was his own doing , for they say he drank far too much — set fire to himself in bed one night , and the house was burnt and he with it . |
| 20 | The house was full of moths because they had left the doors and windows open after they put the lights on . |
| 21 | They had left the path and turned up by the side of the long Nissen hut when Len paused and , half turning to Joe , he said , ‘ You know , you still did n't answer my question earlier on information concerning one Joseph Jebeau . |
| 22 | They had left The Courts , passed the countless rows of back-to-back houses , no cleaner , no more sanitary than the half-mile of buildings behind them . |
| 23 | Peter waited until they had left the spectators behind-before he risked speaking . |
| 24 | On the ground , when they had left the parked plane , Myeloski excused himself and went to the men 's room . |
| 25 | They had left the wooded slopes behind them and the valley had opened out . |
| 26 | A new CDU-FDP combination had been considered but the FDP seemed fickle and unreliable : October 1966 was not the first occasion of course on which they had left the Cabinet . |
| 27 | They had left the restaurant and were taking a few steps on the front . |
| 28 | After they had left the church they were a little embarrassed . |
| 29 | As soon as they had left the room , Nancy took off her shoes and crept silently up the stairs to listen in the passage — as she had done once before . |
| 30 | Whispering about people when they had left the room was one of the naughty things she did n't do . |