Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] be left to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so I was left to live alone with my aunt . |
| 2 | Another favourite to go out early on was Kevin Mitchell who retired at Portrush on lap one so it was left to Brian Reid , Alan Patterson , and Alan Irwin to carry the main challenge to Dunlop along with Milling and Lougher . |
| 3 | so it was left to the hardy annual of the clash of dates , although I for one never fully believed this to be a valid argument . |
| 4 | Now it was left to Indian and Pakistani seamstresses . |
| 5 | Too often it is left to the police and union officials to work these things out in a hostile environment where clear thinking is at a premium . |
| 6 | Every immigrant family carries this sense of pain somewhere in its psyche , but often it is left to the women to hold the sense of pain and loss while the husbands and children find their way in the new world . |
| 7 | Mostly it 's left to family carers . |
| 8 | Eventually it was left to the proprietors of the banned publications — Times Newspapers Ltd , News International plc , etc. — and ratepayers in some of the local authorities affected to go to court . |
| 9 | On the days when I am left to my own devices I am a bit of a disgrace really . |
| 10 | Instead it was left to Times Newspapers Ltd and others , to bring the case to court and win on the grounds that the library authorities had abused their powers under Section 7 of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 . |
| 11 | Boldness triumphed and they moved on towards Perth after sending a detachment of the Camerons to try to capture the fortified barracks at Ruthven , where it was left to stalwart Sergeant Molloy of Guise 's Regiment to give them their first rebuff . |