Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] left it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 His concern was solely with effectiveness rather than style ; he rarely spoke with more than brief notes and left it to the occasion to furnish the words .
2 SOMEONE broke into a garden shed in Wooteys Way , Alton on Monday night , removed a lawn-mower and left it in the middle of the lawn .
3 Shoppers fled after a man carried the device into the post office in Castle Street and left it on the counter .
4 ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter .
5 This dear woman brought the clean washing in a black bag to church and left it in the vestibule .
6 Ruth dropped the box and left it in the middle of the dining-room and stormed after him , her weak ankle totally forgotten in her fury .
7 The Turks despised trade and commerce and left it to the Christian zimmi to conduct such activities .
8 He did not label the boxes to go to particular destinations but left it to the rail company to allot the appropriate number of boxes to the various destinations .
9 He recapped the whisky bottle and left it on the table .
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