Example sentences of "left [noun prp] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 One dealer left Harvard to work for a Continental outfit called European Equity Research .
2 On November 3 another friend , Marc Radvanyi , and I left England to help with the search .
3 Ripley 's failure was part of a team malfunction that left Blackburn beaten for the first time away from home in the League .
4 Taking a clearance from Nilsson , Sheridan found Palmer , whose centre left Williams to snap in the first goal from close range .
5 At the end of the nineteenth century , dredging for gravel began in the bay when extensions to Devonport 's naval dockyard were planned , and the sinking of the protective shingle beach left Hallsands exposed to the winter storms , which in 1917 were so severe that after two days only one house was left standing .
6 Israel secured its objective of preserving Jordan against the challenge of the PLO and Syria but , in so doing , left Jordan embarrassed in the Arab arena .
7 Paul Alexandre , his loyal and sympathetic supporter , left Paris to serve in the army medical service .
8 The collapse of communism in Europe left China isolated as the main bastion of communist orthodoxy , and raised the spectre of renewed internal unrest .
9 The wing left Britain adorned with a giant sticker that said ‘ First Airbus A340 wing from British Aerospace , Chester . ’
10 D'Arcy left Nadirpur perched on a bar stool with a glass of Victor 's best vintage champagne and made his way across the room to where a large figure in black suit and shirt was seated , almost invisible in the dark alcove .
11 Sheila stayed in one until her daughter was born and adopted ; Denise left London to live in the West Country on her own , and organised a place in one for herself and her eight-week-old baby ; and Lisa went into one when she was about six months pregnant .
12 They left Margot to look after the children and set off in the car , heading for Gallanach .
13 Richard was born in 1862 in Thwaite and when he was twenty years old or so he left Swaledale to work for a London publishing firm .
14 Thousands left Swaledale to work in the pits of Durham and the mills of Lancashire .
15 But the moment he left Ricky returned to the attack .
16 Bearing in mind the fact that Prince Metternich eventually left Vienna disguised in a laundry basket is not it clear that this incident is in the highest diplomatic tradition ?
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