Example sentences of "left for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a morsel of consolation for the British team of Durie and Anne Hobbs before they left for home however , when they won the doubles contest against Petra Ritter and Paulus 2-6 , 7-6 , 6-3 , saving three match points in the process . |
| 2 | She had quite a long and happy chat with the ‘ witch ’ before she left for home . |
| 3 | Caroline was only a few days old when Wordsworth left for home , and during 1793 , marooned in England without an income or particular hopes of finding one , he learned helplessly of the rise of the Terror in France following the overthrow of the Girondins in June that year . |
| 4 | Those last high-spirited weeks at Alfoxden and Stowey were almost at an end by the time Cottle and Hazlitt left for home . |
| 5 | Their minds were obviously not on meteorological work , and as the squadron gradually decreased in numbers with each little batch that left for home , farewell parties were a regular occurrence in the office and I began to think that perhaps Binbrook was not such a bad place after all . |
| 6 | We went in and I stayed a bit longer ; then , with many thanks to Mrs Smith , I left for home , anxious to tell Mum about my good fortune . |
| 7 | That seemed to sum it up , and Lydia left for home , driving slowly because of the sheep , the young pheasants , the occasional rabbit and the small groups of tourists on their way to view some antiquity or item of rustic charm who variously loped , flapped , skittered and scuttled before her . |
| 8 | But when the victim left for home he forced her back inside and raped her . |
| 9 | ‘ Every morning , ’ he writes , ‘ I left my mother 's place and went straight to Brion 's , we had a cup of tea and a puff and days after days I left for home at five … |
| 10 | Look at the player who joned Leeds , to the one that left for scum . |
| 11 | He thought that probably it would be the evening before Jagatan woke , but he needed to discuss certain matters with him before he left for Kinsai . |
| 12 | Two to four years after you left for instance the Pru or one or two other companies they can still claw back commission if somebody cancels a life |
| 13 | This morning , before she left for work at eight o'clock , her mother had been friendly , quite chatty in fact . |
| 14 | In March , I had a week of sustained psychological warfare with a heron : it would hunch on the garage roof as I left for work , and I could well imagine the thoughts of piscicide running through its reptilian brain . |
| 15 | The blaze broke out shortly after he left for work . |
| 16 | It was he who let the kidnapper in before he left for work . |
| 17 | ‘ About ten minutes after you left for work . |
| 18 | And I left for work at about 8.30 . |
| 19 | When she tells us that she left for work , we assume that she has dressed for the outside world . |
| 20 | Anne ran down to tell Sarah before she left for work , and was surprised by how calmly her friend took the news . |
| 21 | Every day when he left for work , he would leave objects such as a scroll or a limestone flake , or his kohl-pot , a certain measured distance from the edge of the table on which they lay , and from each other . |
| 22 | We had a succession of God-awful nannies we could n't afford — Clemence 's books had n't started to sell at that point — but the upshot was that I left for work late , came home early . |
| 23 | ‘ Although I must say , Julie , ’ she added , throwing her briefcase down on to a nearby chair , ‘ I do think that you might have given me the ‘ Gypsy 's Warning ’ before I left for work today ! ’ |
| 24 | Mr Nagdi had been carrying a gun when he left for work yesterday but he did not get a chance to use it . |
| 25 | Was it there when you left for work this morning ? |
| 26 | Arty would see that she got his letter before she left for Seapark . |
| 27 | When the three appeared for school they were wary of her at first but she was able to summon sufficient energy to disguise her lack of it and they were completely at ease before they left for school . |
| 28 | Each of them had a job to do in the mornings before they left for school . |
| 29 | I 'm supposed to me meeting up with halvard on sunday when he comes up to newcastle , but I think he left for england before I had time to mail him my phone number . |
| 30 | Before we left for dinner we had to be rubbed down [ a body search ] , have our pockets checked , etc . |