Example sentences of "left [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roberts said : ‘ I should get to 200 with a bit of luck , especially as Alec Stewart and Clive Brittain have plenty of ammunition left between them . ’ |
| 2 | She wanted instead to wear fewer and fewer clothes , to have next to nothing left between her and the sun : to take off her shorts and let the sun 's rays reach the tops of her thighs . |
| 3 | There is no language left for them ; |
| 4 | The Socialists had captured a large number of the Councils and Boards of Guardians throughout the country , and there was only one thing left for them to take charge of — the British Empire . |
| 5 | And the interest was prime rate high , and the flames were falling now because little was left for them to feed from . |
| 6 | jostling for bits of bread I 'd left for them . |
| 7 | But it is morning , thought Fenella , washing her hands and face in the water from the brass ewers , liking the thick , fluffy towels left for them . |
| 8 | Someone even told me there was a place in Durance 's studio at the house where the stuff was left for them . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel better now , ’ said young Tilney to Toby , as the boys sat around eating supper — a potato pie that Mrs Garfitt had left for them , and which Toby had put in the oven . |
| 10 | We 'll have no room left for them ! ’ |
| 11 | All that 's left for them are the smallest triumphs , revenges or consolations — together with a fascination for the England of 15 or 20 years ago . |
| 12 | It is this feature which lends plausibility to the suggestion that the pictures , fitted into the recesses left for them , were not to be enjoyed as objects for themselves but as part of the grand architectural design of the two rooms . |
| 13 | Got one week left for them to come after that . |
| 14 | There was only one person left for him to call . |
| 15 | But in the worst-case scenario , if the heir to the throne can not hold his marriage together , there could be no throne left for him , or his eldest son , to inherit . |
| 16 | There seemed nothing left for him to do but go back to London , provide Fiona with some trumped-up evidence of adultery by spending the night with a prostitute — something he had never done before — and try to find a job . |
| 17 | Whitlock smiled politely , his mind still reeling from the way she had dissected his cover story , piece by piece , until there was nothing left for him to hide behind . |
| 18 | Jasper had a limp look , and Bert was morose even before he re d the letter Pat had left for him . |
| 19 | But if Martha herself had sent her , what hope was there left for him . |
| 20 | ‘ But I 'm afraid there wo n't be any left for him . ’ |
| 21 | The appointment letter should also state that ( i ) in the event of the time and place not being convenient , the debtor is to name some other time and place reasonably convenient for the purpose , ( ii ) ( statutory demands ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment the creditor proposes to serve the debtor by advertisement or post or insertion through a letter box or as the case may be , and that , in the event of a bankruptcy petition being presented , the court will be asked to treat such service as service of the demand on the debtor , ( iii ) ( petitions ) if the debtor fails to keep the appointment , application will be made to the court for an order for substituted service either by advertisement or in such other manner as the court may think fit ; ( c ) in attending any appointment made by letter , inquiry should be made whether the debtor has received all letters left for him . |
| 22 | He painfully scrawled on the piece of paper which had been left for him : HOW IS YOUR MOTHER ? |
| 23 | There was n't much left for him , was there ? ’ |
| 24 | And what , then , was there left for him to do ? |
| 25 | It felt hollow now , lacking a centre , the fixed point had gone , only the outer shell was reflected in the mirror that hung over the sideboard , while the slices of cold meat curled on the plate that Martha had left for him . |
| 26 | But now there was only one thing left for him to do , and that he did , before the shock of Glendower 's assault sheared deep into his ranks , hardly slowed by the few casualties caused by the English archers . |
| 27 | The Minister of State is not yet the Foreign Secretary and there is little time left for him to become Foreign Secretary . |
| 28 | Although whether her mother-in-law would actually give Ross the letter she 'd left for him , she had no idea . |
| 29 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 30 | Statistically , there is not a lot left for him to prove . |