Example sentences of "[was/were] leave [prep] little " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waterloo , having been worn down in the trench warfare , were left with little option but to run the ball and were still in the match when , from 30 yards range , Buckton fashioned a fine try for the lively Saverimutto . |
| 2 | Dennay and his deputy were in Scotland earlier this month for a meeting with senior staff , and were left in little doubt about the general unhappiness at the new set up . |
| 3 | As her business empire grew , Roddick was left with little time to participate actively in such environmental causes as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace , with which her own convictions were closely aligned . |
| 4 | His hope was that the pope would allow the decision reached there to stand ; the plan , however , misfired for soon after the court 's opening the case was revoked to Rome , and Henry was left with little hope of a satisfactory verdict . |
| 5 | She had not intended to bring this out into the open in quite this way , but she was left with little option , and she had a vague instinct that in the long run it might reap results . |
| 6 | The hours she was working , she was left with little time for popping across the corridor for coffee and a chat , let alone for socialising . |