Example sentences of "that he had left [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking round for Blackberry , he saw that he had left them and was up at the top of the pool , where the narrow beach tailed away into a gravel spit . |
| 2 | As soon as the people heard that he had left them money , ( especially as it was quite a worthless sum ) they sympathized with Antony . |
| 3 | When , sensing that he had left her alone in more ways than one , the woman asked him to come back to bed , he had not turned to look at her but instead remained silent a moment longer . |
| 4 | His sisters and brothers-in-law would now concern themselves with his property , his effects and his will , assuming that he had left one , which , having known George , wag by no means a foregone conclusion . |
| 5 | Round in 67 , he was irritated only by the fact that he had left it too late to play a postal part in the election . |
| 6 | This year he was not doing so , claiming that he had left it too late to make arrangements . |
| 7 | Herr Nordern 's temper was n't improved when , having caught the S-Bahn , he realised that he had left his book of tickets in his other Jacket . |
| 8 | He took a car to the front entrance of MEHQ and , still on crutches , told the sentry that he had left his pass behind . |
| 9 | The way I saw it , Neil Kinnock replied to the Budget with the look of a man who had got out to bat against Curtly Ambrose , only to discover , as he took a particularly nasty delivery in the meat-and-two-veg , that he had left his box in the pavilion . |
| 10 | Placatingly , and with a boyish smile , Doyle assured the lag that he had left his ‘ Stick ’ back at Control . |
| 11 | When Dr Reid arrived to fetch me at Green 's he announced that he had left his car by the pier . |
| 12 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 13 | The difficulties that a Martian or child might have with such a system are neatly illustrated in the following Yiddish story : A melamed [ Hebrew teacher ] discovering that he had left his comfortable slippers back in the house , sent a student after them with a note for his wife . |