Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] leave the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly I leave the land 's hard lights behind , |
| 2 | Nervously I left the safety of a good peg and did a few free moves towards the next one , 20 feet away on the blank left wall . |
| 3 | Would you rather I left the room ? ’ |
| 4 | So I left the forge , and started a new life , working as a clerk for Clarrikers , Herbert 's company . |
| 5 | I went out , come back in to ask and there was Shrimpy , me and Andrew , me and Andrew come in I left the door open Cav goes shut the door ! |
| 6 | At nine o'clock you leave the room , you come outside , and you get straight into the car without stopping . |
| 7 | So they left the restaurant and Hugh got a taxi for Mrs Tobias before he walked back to his office . |
| 8 | So they left the chef in charge in case any passing trade should appear . |
| 9 | So they left the business . |
| 10 | Together they left the office , walking down the short corridor to a set of steps . |
| 11 | Only he left the Ministry some time ago to go into politics . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps he left the key in the ignition , ’ Tremayne guessed , ‘ and a passer-by saw an opportunity . ’ |
| 13 | So he leaves the saw running and belts out of the side door to see what 's up . |
| 14 | Soon we left the town behind us , and we were out in the country . |
| 15 | Luckily she left the school ! |
| 16 | When eventually she left the sitting-room to go to bed , she pattered into the hall , knowing in advance that she was in for another wretched night of it . |
| 17 | Erm usually they leave the dog tied up somewhere . |
| 18 | Well , whenever I leave the work . |
| 19 | She wants to make you feel the cheapest ever Spryly She-She left the room . |
| 20 | Four months later she left the country and travelled constantly , following her lover wherever he wanted to go . |
| 21 | * A comment ( not in itself a complete clause ) about the main clause — like the comments in italics below , which may include indications of time , place and manner ( and which are called ADVERBIALS ) : Whenever she leaves the house , the heroine seems to become bolder . |
| 22 | Two years later he left the council . |
| 23 | Four years later he left the house of William Pickering and moved to Cable Street , Liverpool . |
| 24 | Ten minutes later he left the tower , locking the door after him . |
| 25 | And now I leave the scene . |
| 26 | Everything is signed Your bill is then settled the evening before you leave the ship . |
| 27 | She began then to feel an odd sympathy and affinity with Marcus , who entered the house so quietly ( for now they left the door open for Pat 's visitors ) and stepped so noiselessly up the stairs . |
| 28 | A few miles further on they left the motorway , although they were still following a main road . |
| 29 | Er well I left the stuffing cos I , I did n't think I 'd left it in long enough , I put it in a bit late and I thought we 'd leave the stuffing . |
| 30 | If that 's the way of it , why do n't you leave the money , do something else , live like the rest and find out what it 's off really like . |