Example sentences of "[vb past] leave [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hebbert joined him and moved left to the obvious beetling crack and groove line he had spotted from below — omitting to pause and wonder why this particular line soared up straight as an arrow , on a route called Curving Crack ! . |
| 2 | Some said she 'd left with a broken heart . |
| 3 | Despite the Second Test trouncing by New Zealand , Murphy says Ireland needed that match , ‘ We 'd have come home with a very mistaken picture of our true form if we 'd left after the first international ’ . |
| 4 | In a few minutes they 'd left behind the head office of Chester Fabrics , driven past the fire-blackened fabric printing plant and escaped into the lush green countryside on the way back to Armscott Manor , the rambling Cotswold home of the Chesters for three generations . |
| 5 | In Parma the Germans and Fascists began to leave in the early hours of the morning . |
| 6 | Dyson swung left into a main road , looking over his shoulder to watch out for traffic from the right , and drove over the edge of the kerb . |
| 7 | The way now worked left across the slabby walls , moving round into the subtle , hidden corners , heading into the sun . |
| 8 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 9 | I did not see the trophy presented this time as I had to leave before the last race . |
| 10 | He had to leave after the first rehearsals when the only line he could remember was the one he 'd tried on the leading lady the night before . |
| 11 | When the intensive questioning was at last over , fitzAlan had left with the other men , looking as stern and thoughtful as the dour Fleming commander . |
| 12 | The seat had been held since the 1990 general election by Miklós Németh , Hungary 's last Prime Minister under the transitional communist regime in 1988-90 , who had left for a new career as vice-president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 13 | And so , after they 'd just slipped off to the local registery office in the city , they had left for a brief honeymoon in Paris . |
| 14 | But I had left on the five o'clock train . ’ |
| 15 | Anneliese extracted Caroline 's plait , and frowned at the mark her son 's curious clutches had left on the pale silk of the dress . |
| 16 | He raised his hand , and with brusque , impersonal fingers which nevertheless had a surprising lightness of touch he felt the edges of the cut de Guichet 's whip had left on the smooth cheek . |
| 17 | Dropping it on the red-pooled floor , Ace stared back at Richmann 's body and the sticky smear it had left on the grey metal of the door . |
| 18 | This morning she had fought a battle with herself and had left off the concealing shirt . |
| 19 | He had left as a poor , working class boy and returned as an extremely wealthy man . |
| 20 | They were addressed to people like the manager of the Ritz Hotel — asking if he had seen a handbag ‘ she ’ had left during a brief stay . |
| 21 | The Reagan forces claimed that the previous administration , anxious to avoid a tax increase in an election year , had left behind a sizeable budgetary deficit thereby forcing on the new governor the need to introduce legislation substantially raising some forms of taxation . |
| 22 | Georgina wrinkled her nose , as if the dog had left behind an unmentionable souvenir of his visit . |
| 23 | She had left in a black fury . |
| 24 | After Jones had left in a waiting taxi , Hammam said : ‘ We will be appealing . |
| 25 | Daddy gone , Sambo gone , Mrs Dibdin gone — and the few relics we had left from the olden days all sold , and the house up for sale … ’ |
| 26 | Monica made her comment to Tweed when Buchanan and Warden had left after a few more minutes ' conversation . |
| 27 | When the crowds had left after the second home match , Chapman met the helpers in the stand and asked them to take him on trust , asserting that the changes were in the club 's interest . |
| 28 | And delighted Blades , who began the season on a month 's loan at Molineux , insisted : ‘ I never wanted to leave in the first place . ’ |
| 29 | All the circumstances must be examined to see if the parties intended to leave over the entire agreement or whether they intended to make a binding contract , albeit one with some details still outstanding . |
| 30 | He considered leaving on the first train in the morning . |