Example sentences of "[vb base] to be left [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 2 | Perhaps when his desk collapsed through sheer weight of mail he finally will realise that we simply want to be left for 60 minutes an hour in our blinkered little world of leather and willow . |
| 3 | I want to be left in peace . ’ |
| 4 | I just want to be left in peace , I need time … ’ |
| 5 | Love is so highly charged you want to be left in peace or left with Andrew 's piece . |
| 6 | ‘ The Governments should simply say ‘ the talks bus is starting and we are taking on board everyone who wants to be involved , if you want to be left behind you do so at your peril ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ We seem to be left to our own devices , Mr. Preston . ’ |
| 8 | It is that we tend to be left with an RE which effectively has lost its " R " . |
| 9 | ‘ If you wish to be left to your own devices then I will leave you . ’ |
| 10 | We now just wish to be left in peace to live our own lives and be afforded the same respect as any other family in Passfield . |
| 11 | Shooting is sporting too : grouse , partridge , pheasant , tiger or anything else , except foxes which have to be left for hunting men . |
| 12 | As we do not know exactly what will appear in second-hand booksellers ' catalogues , the choice of books will of necessity have to be left to us , but your certificate will state the title of the book which you have presented . |
| 13 | Some things have to be left to fate . ’ |