Example sentences of "[noun pl] and left [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
| 2 | He took limes from his pyjama pockets and left them on the blankets . |
| 3 | Florence Ames took off her old shoes and left them on the step . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The assistant recorder refused to quash the two counts and left them to the jury on the basis that the services that the appellant did provide , in the ordinary meaning of the words , amounted to employment . |
| 6 | We have closed our ears to his cries and left him in the shadows while we walked in the light . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter . |
| 8 | He cleared the breakfast things and left him with the small addressed postcard that he had been provided with to write a message on for his mother . |
| 9 | Common usage has sifted these terms and left us with the most expressive . |
| 10 | Nellie had packed the two children 's bags and left them at the door . |
| 11 | In her child 's understanding it seemed that it was her own liberation that was the cause of the celebration , and the arrival of the princess , the flags which appeared on all the buildings and the succession of functions for which her mother and Denzil put on their beautiful evening clothes and left her with the maid . |
| 12 | After this he was a little unlucky with injuries and left us at the end of 1935–36 , having served honourably and well . |