Example sentences of "[noun prp] left [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Theories of personal development , or of the historical and sociological development of humanity , which ignore it or dispense with it , make psychoanalytic theory less advanced than it was when Freud left it at the end of his life .
2 As all areas were initially classified as class I and II , the EPA left it to the states to redesignate some class II areas as class III , or even to upgrade such areas to class I ( Stern , 1977 ) .
3 Corbett left them at The Bull , its narrow windows draped with black crepe in mourning for the landlord whose coffin now stood outside the main door , perched rather crazily on its wooden trestles .
4 97 Squadron of Lancasters left us at the end of April to return to Coningsby in Lincolnshire , from whence they had come , and with the loss of life drastically cut down , some of the pressure and sadness lifted , to be replaced by pressure of a different kind .
5 Mrs Rose left him at the station and returned alone to London .
6 Rose left it on the coffee table by her husband 's chair , and when he had had his usual mixed fry-up and was preparing to have his snooze , his eye caught it as it lay there .
7 Oxford left it until the second half for their equaliser .
8 Kath left them at the lift , and as the doors closed she caught a glimpse of him crouching down and talking to the little lad , his warm brown eyes kindly and concerned .
9 Even when Guy left her for the few seconds it took him to remove his own clothes , his murmured words of love and praise still warmed and reassured her .
10 I asked myself why Jean-Claude left me in the dark .
11 Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them .
12 The bleeding persisted and Jean was very weak when Jim left her at the maternity ward .
13 Hereford left it to the bitter end to secure their 1-1 draw .
14 Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ .
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