Example sentences of "left [pron] [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've given me my breakfast , left my lunch on the kitchen table , cleaned the house and helped me down the stairs . |
| 2 | ‘ I left my wallet on the roof of the car . ’ |
| 3 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 4 | And even when the ark was abandoned , it still left its mark on the science . |
| 5 | Explain how you would deal with an agitated lady on the telephone who wants to speak to the manager because she thinks she left her watch on the washbasin of her room when she checked out . |
| 6 | She left her mark on the glass |
| 7 | Roman was early ; Claudia left her office on the hour , closing the door with an irrational feeling that by the next time she saw it many things , including herself , would be irrevocably changed . |
| 8 | One very warm morning in June 1936 a young woman left her room on the fourth floor of a pensione at the west end of the Riviera di Chiaia and descended to street level . |
| 9 | He was a hero of the old style , whose life and deeds left their mark on the tide of human history and became the inspiration of a whole nation . |
| 10 | What left his stamp on the stewardship of our movement was that he held to these passions so tenaciously and yet drew on inner reserves that illumined them with an unshakeable commitment to excellence and that rarest of all qualities personal integrity . |
| 11 | But this was too much ; he picked up the phone and left his resignation on the answering machine at Caxton House . |
| 12 | Unsuspecting still , Peter left his briefcase on the premises as usual . |
| 13 | ‘ My boyfriend left his wallet on the roof of the car . ’ |
| 14 | When committing himself enthusiastically to an undeniably outrageous tactic , this brave and noble warrior not only left his mark on the opposition but touched significantly upon a dilemma that threatens to develop into an insurmountable and perhaps crucifying problem for Bobby Robson , the temporarily reprieved England manager . |
| 15 | Norris 's reputation as a man who got things done was dented when the Tories lost a vote on extra primary school places because Norris was away from his seat ( leading to the crack that he ‘ spent a penny and cost the ratepayers £250,000 ’ ) , but he left his mark on the place . |
| 16 | Norris 's reputation as a man who got things done was dented when the Tories lost a vote on extra primary school places because Norris was away from his seat ( leading to the crack that he ‘ spent a penny and cost the ratepayers £250,000 ’ ) , but he left his mark on the place . |
| 17 | His influence extended far beyond the ILO : between 1944 and 1973 he left his mark on the evolution of the system of international organizations as a whole . |
| 18 | Nigel had a quick look through the free papers , left his column on the editor 's desk — he was still out for lunch — and shot off before any of the old women got any ideas . |
| 19 | Wycliffe left his car on the first car park he came to and walked . |
| 20 | Wycliffe left his car on the park and climbed the slope to the street . |