Example sentences of "left [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He claimed one Bf109 shot down , but recorded of his own aircraft in his logbook : ‘ Left me with one strand of rudder wire . ’ |
| 2 | It was worthwhile , though — not only did he make me feel young and raunchy again , he left me with enough self-esteem to believe in my capabilities as a single mother . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought you left me for other women . ’ |
| 4 | The 1944 Education Act created a unified framework which brought the church schools under state control ( turning them into maintained schools ) , but left them with varying degrees of independence , usually over religious matters , according to how much financial support the church continued to provide . |
| 5 | When God in his wisdom chose not to bless women with the same convenient appendage through which men pass water , he left them with little choice but to strip off and squat . |
| 6 | To blind a lamb or blind an eagle ; all the same to them if it left them with defenceless prey to kill . |
| 7 | The regional team of officers began from the basepoint of the Mezey Report , but this left them with considerable policy problems to solve since the zone hospital concept was supported neither by the constituent health authorities of the region ( the AHAs and the DMTs ) , nor by the community health councils . |
| 8 | They had a large box of miscellaneous bit and pieces of sticky tape and straws and wood and drawing pins and all sorts of things , and we essentially just left them for two weeks to do this — and they came up with some superb ideas . |
| 9 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 10 | Well what do you think would happen to the poor things if left them in that water ? |
| 11 | This four-nil win at Watford on Saturday — their sixth in seven games — left them in third place in the First Division . |
| 12 | He left them in safe hands . |
| 13 | BELVILLE : I know , my dear , I left you in great anxiety but 't is an anxiety you have brought upon yourself , and I have not been easy ever since I parted from you . |
| 14 | He led her inside and left her at one side of the room , walking softly away and stopping to face her at the other side . |
| 15 | Late forties , husband left her for younger woman most likely . |
| 16 | She was punched repeatedly in the face , which left her with swollen eyes and cuts in her mouth . |
| 17 | She loved them , and she loved the work though it left her with little time for going out and enjoying herself in the evenings . |
| 18 | The corner that Japan had been backed into by economic sanctions left her with little alternative . |
| 19 | Vařené hovëví se žloutkovou sýrovou omáčkou , which was boiled beef with a cheese and egg yolk sauce , served with rice , went down very well , but left her with little room for more than an ice-cream afterwards . |
| 20 | Jenny 's boyfriend left her with that attitude , and this made her even more determined to keep her baby . |
| 21 | The trouble with winning , she explained , was that it left her with bad memories rather than good . |
| 22 | She , no she , cos she 'd s what , he 'd done his business pel pissed off and left her in this house and she did n't even know . |
| 23 | Her indulgence left him without any need . |
| 24 | It left him with two alternatives . |
| 25 | Money procured for Minton the kind of men he needed , but his inability to possess them left him with insatiable desire , to such an extent that his relentless pursuit of young men began to intrude into everything he did . |
| 26 | Greenidge and Lloyd top-scored as West Indies declared at 251 for 9 , and then Holding , Roberts and Holder , restricted MCC to 197 , only Gilliat , the captain , having a substantial knock , and Amiss ducking into a bouncer which left him with four stitches in his scalp . |
| 27 | In the end , however , the Ukrainian decision to vote for full independence left him with little alternative but to withdraw from the USSR and in effect bring about its demise ( see pp. 179–85 ) . |
| 28 | A DARLINGTON man was yesterday recovering in hospital after a Good Friday attack which left him with broken bones in his face . |
| 29 | ‘ Anyway , I was saying about the Glyrms : Maurice lost his wife when she was no more'n a girl ; Matthew 's missus walked out an' left him with three children . |
| 30 | Tuesday 's mortar bomb blast left him with three chunks of shrapnel in his abdomen . |