Example sentences of "been left [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Doogan , chairman of the town 's chamber of trade , said he was bitterly disappointed for those who had been left on the dole . |
| 2 | There was a photograph of the bedroom in which the bed appeared gargantuan , with a great carved wooden headboard and foot , neatly made , although somebody 's sunglasses had been left on the patchwork quilt . |
| 3 | The tray had been left on the edge of a table . |
| 4 | At last , in an effort to bring her mind back to an even keel , she went to the office , where she discovered a pile of farm accounts had been left on the desk . |
| 5 | It had been left on the bar : Please give this to Mr Sam Pascoe . ’ |
| 6 | However , ample space has been left on the circuit panel for two polyester capacitors to be connected in parallel ( see photograph ) . |
| 7 | He instructed his panic-stricken , guilt-ridden wife to pack up Kemp 's clothes in a suitcase , and to clean up the bloody mess that must have been left on the carpet , and probably on the sheets . |
| 8 | It had been left on the terrace this time , anchored down by a stone . |
| 9 | The sweets — given free to passengers — had been left on the Swissair jet at Manchester airport . |
| 10 | Much of the burden of the environment and development crisis has been left on the shoulders of the world 's poorest countries in the South . " |
| 11 | The mercurial Polish international has been left on the bench for the last three games following a 5–1 defeat at Brentford . |
| 12 | John Dugdale , in his article on TV election coverage ( 3 April ) , writes that Sue Lawley was ‘ restricted to presenting Solve My Problem , and that women ‘ of proven competence ’ have been left on the margins of prestige programmes . |
| 13 | Danzigers felt with some justification that they had been left to the mercy of the Polish military and were now chained to what Molotov called the monstrous bastard of Versailles — the backward Polish state and economy . |
| 14 | There is a book to be written on the identity crisis apparent in nurses who have been left to the mercy of all the changes , and you will be far from alone if you can not tell a facilitator from a patient services coordinator ! |
| 15 | From the early days , the children destined for university would have acquired at least the rudiments of Greek and perhaps even a little Hebrew : books in all three languages had been left to the School by William Nicholson , the Master , in 1597 . |
| 16 | The High Street had been left to the pimps and the down-and-outs , and in the ancient College grounds where once the Black Friars had taught and studied in a universe made of crystal spheres , there was only the clang and clatter of brake couplings and buffers . |
| 17 | The properties had been left to the Church in the early eighteenth century and were let at moderate rents . |
| 18 | Uniformity avoided the unfair economic competition which might have resulted if the setting of standards had been left to the states . |
| 19 | The others had been left to the MacIans . |
| 20 | If the exploration of the galaxy had been left to the khthons , we 'd all still be living in caves , ’ Swarf said . |
| 21 | But due to the lack of official interest , it has been left to the Merchant Navy Association to make enquiries about the possible striking of a commemorative award by the Surrey-based firm Award Productions , who have recently attracted attention with their issue of a National Service Medal . |
| 22 | Had no such provision been made , and had it merely been left to the initiative of backbenchers to keep an eye on instruments tabled , it is highly probable that many instruments would become or remain law with never a critical eye being cast over them . |
| 23 | The heroine , a penniless orphan has been left to the care of her aunt , Mrs Reed . |
| 24 | Until now , under this Government , everything has been left to the hazards of private development and the initiative of county councils . |
| 25 | Inside is comfortable seating and adequate space has been left for the positioning of wheelchairs . |
| 26 | On 11 September 1889 it was reported at a Sunday School teachers ' meeting that in the will of the late Mr James Johnston a substantial legacy had been left for the building of a Sunday School Chapel in Edenderry . |
| 27 | More than £4 which had been left for the milkman was stolen from the house in Marwood Drive . |
| 28 | Amos , the part he plays , has been left with the intelligence of an eight-year-old by his war injuries . |
| 29 | The bike had been left with the fireman-uncle for him to sell . |
| 30 | Without it , we would have been left with the feeling that natural selection is only a destructive process , or at best a process of weeding-out . |