Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] leave [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , nobody had made paved roads in Britain since the Romans left our shores . |
| 2 | As soon as the ladies left their carriages , their beautiful gowns became sodden and muddied , and their elaborate hair styles were undone , their hair hanging over their faces . |
| 3 | Even as the words left her lips she knew they sounded ridiculous . |
| 4 | She knew it as soon as the words left her mouth . |
| 5 | ‘ Excuse me , ’ I said in as casual a voice as I could muster , and as the words left my lips a strange and wonderful thing happened . |
| 6 | As the Frenchmen left their hiding place to head down to the shore they ran into several German patrols and , after giving a good account of themselves , were captured when they ran out of ammunition . |