Example sentences of "left school at [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when I left school at 17 to become a hairdresser , I was lovely and slim . |
| 2 | Cook left school at 14 to become an apprentice , got involved with radar and electronics during National Service , and graduated from Queen Mary College , London . |
| 3 | The young Haworth left school at 14 to work in the factory and was required to pick up a knowledge of dyestuffs . |
| 4 | He spent his childhood in Lincoln and left school at 16 to join his father 's jewellery shop . |
| 5 | It was argued that there was considerable ‘ wastage ’ of talent , and much attention was paid to the ‘ neglected educational territory ’ of pupils who left school at 15 to follow a craft or technical , rather than an academic , career . |