Example sentences of "have left [noun prp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Jean Coulter and her friend had arrived early and were sitting quietly at a table with a good view of the room when , about half-pasteight , Joan and Derek entered the hotel , having left John outside in the taxi .
2 The flight had left London originally on Christmas Eve in another aircraft but after an hour 's flying time it had developed trouble with its undercarriage and had to return to London .
3 He had left Russia soon after the Revolution and brought with him a choir of émigré singers ; they called themselves the Don-Kosaken-Chor .
4 His wife , Vera , who had left Germany just before the war , was very nice .
5 Particularly when it was discovered — as it would be — that she was the mother of a bastard child , the daughter of a man who had left Frizingley heavily in debt , and had already been dismissed by Miss Ernestine Baker for her loose behaviour in a public street .
6 Helmut Kragan had left Dresden immediately after the council meeting and flown to Paris .
7 The Chancellor had left Blackpool late on Monday night , after addressing party agents , but conference jitters were so great that his unexpected disappearance prompted rumours that he had gone back to London for crisis talks .
8 Two straight-driven fours by the spunky Sohail had left Mallender down on his knees for a count of five , and though Malcolm had shattered Ramiz 's stumps in the 14th ( and his second ) over of the day and had Sohail well caught low down by wicketkeeper Stewart just before lunch , no wicket fell in the second session .
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