Example sentences of "and left it [prep] the " 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 He recapped the whisky bottle and left it on the table .
3 Shoppers fled after a man carried the device into the post office in Castle Street and left it on the counter .
4 ‘ Pounds , ’ I replied as I wrote out my name and address on the back of the particulars and left it on the counter .
5 And left it on the second hole .
6 She poured the coffee black , and left it for the three of them to add milk and sugar .
7 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 .
8 The Turks despised trade and commerce and left it to the Christian zimmi to conduct such activities .
9 And left it to the butler ?
10 I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone .
11 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 .
12 This dear woman brought the clean washing in a black bag to church and left it in the vestibule .
13 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 .
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