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

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1 However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump .
2 Shoppers fled after a man carried the device into the post office in Castle Street and left it on the counter .
3 ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter .
4 He recapped the whisky bottle and left it on the table .
5 And left it to the butler ?
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone .
10 This dear woman brought the clean washing in a black bag to church and left it in the vestibule .
11 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 .
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