Example sentences of "being left on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no lack of change in Aberdeen 's team , though , with McKimmie replacing Winnie and Shearer being left on the bench to accommodate the return of Booth . |
| 2 | In those days , spinsterhood was seen as a mark of personal inadequacy , and I , as they probably all realized , was being left on the shelf . |
| 3 | I could n't afford to risk being left on the shelf once Karen had had her way with me . |
| 4 | Lots of girls married in haste and repented at leisure then because they were afraid of being left on the shelf . |
| 5 | After they had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence , their father , who was found guilty of eight serious charges with nine being left on the file , was put on probation and allocated to a hostel not two miles from where his last victim lives and where he can be seen by the family as they pass through the town centre . |