Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] left a " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his digs at 113 Cowley Road , Thomas wrote his first letter to Harry Hooton : ‘ My dear Mr. Hooton , I matriculated today before the Vice-Chancellor of the University , and , in consequence , I am left a little freer of time and heart : for until then , I feared failure in what turned out to be the easy matric. exam. , and worked to the exclusion of almost all else : which is the explanation of time and heart . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm left a little cold by sampling and sequencers in general — just as I would n't consider a romantic liaison with my fridge — but I did find myself interested by it all . |
| 3 | And sorry , while I 'm speaking I 'm I 'm left a little confused . |
| 4 | I was left a little uninspired with his overall display although his flicks were magical . |
| 5 | But she 's left a string of debts in this country while thousands of pounds worth of emergency supplies have been left to rot in a warehouse . |
| 6 | ‘ She was left a large legacy by an ex-employer . |
| 7 | As for Selene , she was left a hundred pounds a year so long as she continued under her sister 's direction . |
| 8 | I have been told by an old Rochdale colleague of hers that she may have married a doctor and that he thinks she was left a cottage in Tonypandy some time in the mid to late 1960s . |
| 9 | For us the customers , it will mean higher fares and fewer services as unprofitable and social services are cut and this is only if we are left a train service at all . |
| 10 | So if my reprehensible behaviour at Harrogate ( getting drunk at night is OK in the 90s , but not in the afternoon ) was my own fault , and Ladhar Bheinn , Riggindale and Snowdon are blameless in this respect , at least they are left a lasting impression compounding fear , terror and loathing with delight . |
| 11 | They are left a few millimetres thick and lapped flat or polished , using a lapping compound with paraffin oil lubricant . |
| 12 | From today , we are back to the business of government as usual , with a return to all the huge problems of recession , Europe , health and education where they were left a month ago when the General Election was called . |
| 13 | Whatever it is , it 's left a pretty burr in your voice . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 15 | Well I think it 's Gary I mean he 's left a gap there 's room for just about a car either side of him |
| 16 | He was left a happier man , while Maureen was even more pleased ! |
| 17 | By this time he was well associated with Kent and on the death of his father he was left a considerable estate in Westcomb near Greenwich . |