Example sentences of "left [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of the local black community were enraged by reports that the driver of the vehicle , Yoseph Lisef , 22 , who had sustained only minor injuries , was quickly taken away from the scene of the accident by a private Jewish ambulance service , whilst the more seriously injured children were left to wait for attention from a city ambulance crew . |
| 2 | For kicks , she climbs mountains and skis , so she is not left wanting for adventure . |
| 3 | It had always distressed him that the West and the Eastern bloc could both budget so generously for what he considered to be the evils of the nuclear industry while millions in the Third World were left wanting for food . |
| 4 | As a result children were left waiting for buses which did n't arrive . |
| 5 | Molly is left to grieve for Sam but , unbeknownst to her , he remains on earth as a ghost . |
| 6 | Would their behaviour alter dramatically if they were left to hunt for food in the wild ? |
| 7 | The noodles are very thin and simply require boiling water to be poured over them and should then be left to steep for 3–4min . |
| 8 | By then , Bedford will be left fighting for survival in four crunching closing fixtures and when Patterson makes his likely league debut it will be in Bath , of all places . |
| 9 | It shows that an apparently affluent London couple will have virtually nothing left to pay for holidays , consumer durables or for saving under Labour . |