Example sentences of "have leave [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I HAVE just read an article — not in the Mirror I 'm glad to say — which has left me speechless with rage . |
2 | I would like a pump and filter system , but there are so many on the market , and the information from dealers has left me confused . |
3 | Mr Carson took me to Astor House for luncheon and it was all quite elegant , but the food was so rich it has left me thirsty . ’ |
4 | The whole thing has left me bitter — and tough . ’ |
5 | He says his pay-off has left him comfortable , although he will eventually want to find a new career , possibly even returning to journalism . |
6 | Well another inspired team selection from Wilko has left us 13 points behind the scum , picking Hodge in what must be just about his first outing this year over Rocky resulted in a rather insiped performance from the midfield . |
7 | This belt tightening has left us leaner and fitter to compete in the UK and world markets ; and we will need to remain in good shape to ensure our leading position in the industry and the achievement of reasonable profit growth . |
8 | ‘ Only to tell you that your uncle , Mr Eyre of Madeira , is dead , that he has left you all his property , and that you 're now rich — only that , nothing more . ’ |
9 | If the news of the London Guitarist Show 's demise has left you shaky , sleepless and generally off your feed , then relax . |
10 | Happily there was no quick cash-in when ROY ORBISON died just before Christmas 1988 , and his widow Barbara has left it four years before releasing his posthumous album KING OF HEARTS ( Virgin ) . |
11 | The plaintiff will still have to make the necessary amendments to his statement of claim and , if he has left it this late to do so , may well find himself in difficulty over costs if the action has to be stood out or adjourned because the defendant has not been given adequate notice . |
12 | Since when he 'd left her alone again , and Dolly was having to put up with the April breeze . |
13 | When I went into prison I had mixed feelings for people outside — I hated them , I felt they had rejected me , they 'd left me alone to just get on with it . |
14 | I told you I 'd left them handy . |
15 | The hose was where I 'd left it last summer , not neatly stored but tangled in a corner , its untidy coils covering a rake , a batch of canes and a pair of long-handled shears . |
16 | And er quite simply that if they 'd left it alone on a European side because obviously you can get flight from London Gatwick for approximately forty nine pounds |
17 | Why did you have to leave me all alone down here ? ’ |
18 | And then adding all these up , well there 's none of them that add up that we can just add in to any of the others , so we 'll have to leave them all like that , so the answer is just a , a thousand , plus a hundred Y plus ten X , plus X Y. Now if we wanted to multiply , let's say we want to multiply a hundred and three by seventeen , that just means that X is seven , sorry X is three and Y is seven . |
19 | ‘ If that 's the way you take it , ’ Arty said , ‘ I 'll just have to leave it all to the ould fellow . ’ |
20 | One which would have left him rich and me in possession of Sleet . |
21 | Trainer Andy Turnell blamed himself for Katabatic 's defeat : ‘ I might have left him short of a gallop , ’ he admitted . |
22 | ‘ We could n't have left them alive . ’ |
23 | People and dogs came from as far away as Oxford to take part in this event which must have left them all fitter and leaner at the end of the day . |
24 | I could see that , had he embarked upon the paper , it would have left me conscience-stricken in my turn . |
25 | Why could n't she have left me alone ? |
26 | ‘ But you should n't have left me alone . ’ |
27 | If she had been really melancholic , I would never have left her alone . ’ |
28 | I thought the maid must have left it that way . |
29 | He danced lightfooted across the European racing stage , and with just a little better luck , would have left it undefeated . |
30 | Perhaps I should simply have left it alone for a while . |