Example sentences of "left [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 What 's more , having left the Jaguar down in the police car-park , he was going to drink .
2 ‘ See , ’ said Constance , ‘ she 's left the furniture out . ’
3 It 's amazing how quickly you stop when you 've left the undercarriage up .
4 There was so much to savour , much of it blissfully recalled in an hilarious after-match comedy entitled , I 'm Sorry We 've Left The Tannoy On .
5 She got , so she get to nearly to her friends and she realised that the she 'd left the clutch on .
6 Of course , he thought , as he levered the hatch door open slowly , letting more soft light spill out from underneath , he 'd have to cover his tracks in the morning ; damn silly to have left the cupboard back there open , and the light on in the dome .
7 Donna glanced around , looking for Ryker amongst the three or four dozen other people who had left the train along with her .
8 God , the silly woman had probably left the radio on .
9 You have n't left the kettle on , that 's not whistling , no .
10 I 've left the lot out .
11 I 'd left the light on in the hall .
12 And I have spent all morning saying it can not possibly be true , that you devote all your time to your aunt , that you have scarcely left the house in over a month and all the time you were doing just what you were rumoured to be doing !
13 That 's cos I 've left the thing off ?
14 For a moment I thought I had been mistaken , and that perhaps I had left the switch on after the light failed , but no , I was sure I had switched off .
15 ‘ The caller must have left the receiver off .
16 She 'd also left the heating on for him , which was doing nothing except heating the window-sill for the pigeons and running up my bills .
17 forgetting that they 'd left the heating off .
18 He had left the fire on in the spare room .
19 But Simon had never got beyond page 27 , and after that he had merely left the book out in case his mother and stepfather came unexpectedly for drinks .
20 We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ?
21 Sorry I 've left a bit out
22 It 's , might have left a note on .
23 It was after fourth bell and the last of the evening 's guests had left an hour back .
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