Example sentences of "[vb past] left [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hebbert joined him and moved left to the obvious beetling crack and groove line he had spotted from below — omitting to pause and wonder why this particular line soared up straight as an arrow , on a route called Curving Crack ! . |
| 2 | Despite the Second Test trouncing by New Zealand , Murphy says Ireland needed that match , ‘ We 'd have come home with a very mistaken picture of our true form if we 'd left after the first international ’ . |
| 3 | In a few minutes they 'd left behind the head office of Chester Fabrics , driven past the fire-blackened fabric printing plant and escaped into the lush green countryside on the way back to Armscott Manor , the rambling Cotswold home of the Chesters for three generations . |
| 4 | The way now worked left across the slabby walls , moving round into the subtle , hidden corners , heading into the sun . |
| 5 | When the intensive questioning was at last over , fitzAlan had left with the other men , looking as stern and thoughtful as the dour Fleming commander . |
| 6 | But I had left on the five o'clock train . ’ |
| 7 | Anneliese extracted Caroline 's plait , and frowned at the mark her son 's curious clutches had left on the pale silk of the dress . |
| 8 | He raised his hand , and with brusque , impersonal fingers which nevertheless had a surprising lightness of touch he felt the edges of the cut de Guichet 's whip had left on the smooth cheek . |
| 9 | Dropping it on the red-pooled floor , Ace stared back at Richmann 's body and the sticky smear it had left on the grey metal of the door . |
| 10 | This morning she had fought a battle with herself and had left off the concealing shirt . |
| 11 | Daddy gone , Sambo gone , Mrs Dibdin gone — and the few relics we had left from the olden days all sold , and the house up for sale … ’ |
| 12 | When the crowds had left after the second home match , Chapman met the helpers in the stand and asked them to take him on trust , asserting that the changes were in the club 's interest . |