Example sentences of "[vb past] left [art] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't help thinking of something that she 'd said in all seriousness when they 'd left the apartment building behind and a lack of any interest from a passing night patrol on the motorway had told him that no , the police did n't seem to be keeping an active watch for his car ; she 'd looked at him and she 'd said , Promise me , Peter . |
| 2 | Finding that the water was scalding hot , since she 'd left the immersion heater on all night , she had a bath . |
| 3 | In a fit of unshyness she 'd left the shoe shop and was working as a receptionist at a doctor 's practice . |
| 4 | He had known where to look for it when he 'd left the bell tower after finding her corpse . |
| 5 | She 'd heard since that he 'd left the health service and gone abroad to work … and now not only was he back , but she was expected to work with him . |
| 6 | I tried to look pleased when she told me that Prentice had been ringing at half-hourly intervals since mid-afternoon and had left a multiple-choice list of numbers where I could get him that evening . |
| 7 | Probably the FedPol contingent visiting Vadinamia had left a backup ship in orbit , as they often do . |
| 8 | She claimed the King had left a suicide note for his father , saying he wanted to die because he had cancer and could not face an agonising death . |
| 9 | Theresa Nolan , after having a medical termination on psychiatric grounds , had left a suicide note for her grandparents which they had confirmed was in her handwriting and which made her intention to kill herself plain beyond any doubt . |
| 10 | Someone had left a leather jacket on a fence and it was eleven in the morning . |
| 11 | The Land-Rover had seen better days , and once we had left the village street and taken to the track — it was little more — that wound up from the village towards the moorland , conversation was difficult . |
| 12 | She had left the ceiling fan on all night , but as ever it did little more than sluggishly push the warm air around . |
| 13 | Annie had left the document case open on the bed , like a welcome-home present . |
| 14 | On another famous occasion he had left the TV man floundering in his 90-second interview by answering every question with a single yes or no . |
| 15 | When we quarrelled , it was about other things : bills , who had left the lawn mower out in the rain , nothing important . |
| 16 | It was as if Mitch had left the freezer door ajar . |
| 17 | Fortunately , when I did we maintained a perfect climbing attitude , I completed my mission , during which I spent sometime thinking about the young airman who had done the daily inspection of the instruments , and had left the auto pilot engaged . |
| 18 | Endill climbed to the shelf where he had left the cough mixture and saw that it had gone . |
| 19 | They had left the paddock gate open , and Joe had taken advantage of it to go in search of more of the nice green apples he remembered having enjoyed so much the previous day — but this time he did n't reach Jessica Turvey 's orchard ; he got himself trapped in the marsh . |
| 20 | After Walter Machin 's last doctor had left the Railway Hotel , Greg remained on his stool by the bar , sunk in thought . |
| 21 | It was some while afterwards when Rose realised that she had left the canvas bag with the maroon dress and necklace behind at the studio . |
| 22 | They had listened meekly , shamed by his anger and , like children , trying to think of ways to please him ; but once he had left the billiard room he knew that the feuds would start once more to germinate . |
| 23 | By this time , Woodchester Mill , like so many others , had left the cloth trade and stood empty . |
| 24 | Like so many others , by this time Millend had left the cloth trade and , in this case , been turned over to corn and saw milling . |
| 25 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 26 | Jinkwa had left the command vehicle under the control of the Environments Officer and ventured forth in a scouting party with two of his troopers . |
| 27 | Someone had left the scullery window open , so I closed and fastened it . ’ |
| 28 | Keele is the place for such controversial discussion and conversation upon this very important subject continued long after the speaker and the audience had left the lecture room . |
| 29 | The last Pershing 2 missiles had left Germany on March 13 and the last cruise missiles in the United Kingdom had left the USAF base at Greenham Common on March 5 . |
| 30 | Now that I had left the college dormitory I used to look fearfully from rime to time out of my window , expecting to see that gang of fascist students coming to beat me up . |