Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] and leave [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were no bandages large enough in the wheelbarrow to make a cold compress , so I poured water on my sock where it touched the inflammation , but the water filled my boot and left the sock barely damp . |
| 2 | I turned on my heel and left the room . |
| 3 | I was about to take off my load and leave the heap of pine-needles for someone else to find in the morning when I saw a figure approaching in the distance . |
| 4 | Recession in the U.S.A. has run its course and left an aftermath of uncertainty in its wake . |
| 5 | She had simply made a mental note to thank her , popped it into the in-tray on her desk and left the photograph tucked in a corner of her blotter . |
| 6 | In the end she pushed the letter into the drawer of her desk and left the dress where it was , in the corner of the wardrobe . |
| 7 | A groan was his reply and he began kissing her again , this time letting his lips travel down her throat towards the open neck of her blouse and leaving a hot trail of sensation in his wake . |
| 8 | Would ask Shang Chen if she could work an extra hour this end of her shift and leave an hour earlier . |
| 9 | Then she went down the stairs , collected her satchel and left the house by Phoebe 's front door . |
| 10 | Celia shook her head and left the room . |
| 11 | ‘ Bet you would n't have recognized me , ’ she said , sipping her drink and leaving a trail of creamy white on her lip gloss . |
| 12 | The Northern Echo revealed on Saturday that Darlington Wedding Cars had disconnected its phone and left no forwarding address . |
| 13 | The Northern Echo revealed on Saturday that the company had disconnected its phone and left no forwarding address . |
| 14 | As a result , vast numbers of tiny toads complete their metamorphosis and leave the pond within the same ten minute period at night — a scene every bit as dramatic as the mass migrations of wildebeest in the Serengeti , but in miniature . |
| 15 | The tide had passed its peak and left a mass of debris behind , including the long , bony body of the undertaker , lodged in a miniature gully , apparently wedged between the rocks . |
| 16 | Ruth finished her food and left the table . |
| 17 | The Community Care Support Force ( see pages 18–19 ) has completed its mission and left a legacy that difficult issues must not be fudged and that no one agency or interest group will get far alone . |
| 18 | Surely , she told herself , there was nothing unusual about a family who let their house and left no address . |
| 19 | The Argleses were closing up their house and leaving the district on the advice of their doctor . |
| 20 | This was such a beautiful city , Merrill thought a couple of hours later as she paid for her coffee and left the pavement café . |
| 21 | Debbie 's pert little features settled into a mutinous line as she bent over her typewriter , and Fran sighed as she turned on her heel and left the room . |
| 22 | Even the grocery man would go in , leave the goods on the table , take his money and leave the change . |
| 23 | The old man turned his wheelchair and left the room . |
| 24 | Glemnitz closed his note-book and left the carriage . |
| 25 | Walker always looked at home until his move to Italy sapped his self-belief and left the normally swift-heeled defender looking as if he had feet of clay . |
| 26 | He then finished his lunch and left the table . |
| 27 | Gillis-Tweed finally gave himself up at 1.20pm yesterday when he dropped his weapon and left the house . |
| 28 | He suddenly thought of using it to play a joke on some of his friends at the Post , concealed it in his newspaper and left the pub . |
| 29 | The pain on the American 's face was clear for all to see as he rose from his chair and left the meeting to make the call . |
| 30 | He bit back his anger and left the office . |