Example sentences of "and be left " in BNC.
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| 1 | My position is that the law is so constructed that in all probability , only the lucid , self-assertive patient who has a sympathetic , understanding doctor is able in most circumstances to have his way and be left alone , free from further interference , to die . |
| 2 | Often one of them would faint and be left prostrate until the end . |
| 3 | If you 've taken down a door leading from hall to living room , or kitchen to dining room , you may be lucky and be left with interesting architrave mouldings around doorways , but if they 're plain modern ones , you 'll probably rip them out with the door . |
| 4 | It was too much , at sixty-three , too much to lose her husband and be left with the son who was the least favourite of her three children , and this dreadful marriage . |
| 5 | The poor player might not realise that carrying the crowbar is the key to the problem , and be left wondering why his input sometimes works and sometimes does n't . |
| 6 | It was easy to move among this great , churning concourse , and hear all there was to be heard , and no great trick , for an intelligent man , to winnow the less likely rumours out of the crop , and be left with the grain . |
| 7 | On the other hand , was the local authority segment of higher education constantly to lose its premier institutions to the universities , and be left with a permanently subordinate pattern of further education colleges doing a proportion of advanced work ? . |
| 8 | The audience will stay interested and be left wanting to see more . |