Example sentences of "he left for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 2 | Larkin 's humiliating defeat did not prevent his becoming president of the Irish Trades Union Congress , and he had their blessing when he left for the United States in October 1914 , hoping to retrieve his union 's fortunes . |
| 3 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 4 | He said he left for the thrill of a start-up rather than the tedium of maintenance , indicating Silicon Graphics , MIPS new master , did not consider making the MIPS chip a universal standard as much of a priority as Sun does the Sparc . |
| 5 | Mr Browning , before he left for the south , complimented her on her handling of his friend . |
| 6 | He left for the Somme at the end of December and was soon transferred to the 2nd Manchesters . |
| 7 | A former colleague explained why he left for the police . |
| 8 | If he had been able to speak to Jo each morning before he left for the Embassy , he probably would n't have been such a pain in the outer office . |