Example sentences of "they left the " in BNC.

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1 They left the conference building behind them .
2 Nevertheless , the versions of structuralism and poststructuralism associated with these French masters have not advanced since they left the scene , and if anything have tended to decline .
3 As they left the embassy , those who had arrived in cars were invited to leave their keys , and in return were promised that their vehicles would be brought eventually to the West .
4 The workers occupying the Mulhouse forge were told that unless they left the premises immediately they would be ‘ forced to do so ’ .
5 They left the following month .
6 We noticed that quite often if people ate the sandwich they left the cake , or vice versa , so when we used to collect the trays from them we would take whatever was left .
7 At the beginning , His Majesty impressed upon them that before they left the Palace some communiqué must be issued , which would no longer keep the country and the world in suspense .
8 So they left the business .
9 That thought in particular kept her warm as they left the restaurant for the bitter streets of the city .
10 They left the bar , Bodo exchanging farewells as if he had not a care in the world .
11 That they were visiting shootists seemed pretty evident from the way they left the bar door open against the howling night , the loudness of their speech , and the muddy state of their boots .
12 To deter them , the Dinamo side linked arms with their opponents as they left the pitch .
13 They left the English house behind .
14 Her spirits rose as they left the ugliness of London behind .
15 They left the hospital and went to wait for the bus .
16 The Sergeant came up from the rear to join Charles as they left the Carriageway and took the long asphalt path that leads diagonally away to Marble Arch .
17 They left the wooden sleepers for the steel path at the side of the structure .
18 Together , they left the room .
19 They left the coast after they had harvested any catch-crops and grazed the stubble , to arrive in the south for the date harvest , feeding their animals on fodder-dates and forage crops until it was time to return north .
20 They left the bodies behind them .
21 ‘ It is like this , ’ said the Town Clerk as they left the Town Hall together , ‘ This arch-smuggler , Cut-throat Jake they call him , is apparently planning to receive a load of contraband liquor this very evening , at dusk , by the rocks below the Baddie 's Tower .
22 Charlie was chuckling as they left the cottage .
23 She thought he might take her hand as they left the floor , but he did n't .
24 Nevil demanded as they left the meeting .
25 When they left the café , Picasso suggested to the other two that they should visit Modigliani 's studio to see his work .
26 She began then to feel an odd sympathy and affinity with Marcus , who entered the house so quietly ( for now they left the door open for Pat 's visitors ) and stepped so noiselessly up the stairs .
27 They left the station to the south on a viaduct .
28 The first problem occurred when they left the road and moved off into the open desert .
29 Men who can cling to overhanging rocks thousands of feet above their companions , men who climb into perilous situations in the knowledge they are inches from death , men who are strong enough and man enough to meet any physical challenge , these are the men who call for their mum when they find they left the jungle Formula back in the car .
30 They left the bar half an hour later .
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