Example sentences of "[noun] leave him " in BNC.
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| 1 | One set was all they needed from the match but coach Tommy Dowens admitted the defeat left him a little flat in spite of the fact his team clinched the title . |
| 2 | The sight of a wounded soldier left him raw and angry . |
| 3 | Orton 's torture left him permanently ill . |
| 4 | CD 's experiences as a reporter of Parliamentary debates for The Morning Chronicle left him with a profound contempt for the quality of the majority of MPs ( early reflected in such satirical sketches as Cornelius Dingwall in SB 47 , and Mr Gregsbury in NN 16 ) , and for the standard of debate and general conduct in the House of Commons ; in AN 8 , for example , he observes that ‘ farm-yard imitations ’ have not as yet been imported into the American Congress from the UK Parliament , and he satirizes Parliamentary oratory and manœuvres in LD i 34 . |
| 5 | He screamed if Ivan left him alone , even for a few minutes . |
| 6 | But a stroke left him paralysed , and after a spell in hospital he moved in with his daughter and son-in-law . |
| 7 | I worked with a man whose severe stroke left him only able to say ‘ Yes , yes , yes ’ . |
| 8 | In 1919 , a stroke left him paralysed down the left side , confused , unable to read or dictate , and staring vacantly into space . |
| 9 | Doogie left him about twenty yards away , then walked back to me , dusting his hands off as he came . |
| 10 | Her eyes left him and examined the rest of the room . |
| 11 | A crash in a Formula 3000 race at Brands Hatch left him seriously injured and his career in jeopardy . |
| 12 | Bernard could not fail to have been impressed by such spontaneous enthusiasm ; equally , Peter felt Bernard was ‘ obviously a man of excitement heading a most intriguing company , I could see that he needed someone to deal with the administration leaving him free to run his company . ’ |
| 13 | An inquest in Liverpool heard that unemployed printer Philip Banks , 31 , moved back in with his aunt , Hilda Barrett , after his girlfriend left him and returned to her husband . |
| 14 | The barge carrying the body springs a leak , his ceremonial uniform is soaked as he frantically bales , he worries about the expensive watch which he has inadvertently left on the coffin , the ceremony leaves him with a bad cold which he tries , not altogether successfully , to hide when he is presented to the King . |
| 15 | He had been angered by her obvious , if unspoken , suspicion that he had persuaded the old lady to leave him the half share of the house . |
| 16 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 17 | At the touch of these words , Miles felt calmness leave him . |
| 18 | Miraculously , the fall left him whole , with no injury internal or external , but ‘ it had shaken the beauty out of his movements . |
| 19 | He complained the decision to bring forward the start date for the £10 million sun sea and sex drama from September to July left him high and dry . |
| 20 | TV STAR Leslie Crowther went home for Christmas dinner yesterday two months after a road crash left him in a coma . |
| 21 | Benedict left him with Adam … and he do n't pet him . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Hale told the court his ordeal left him ‘ ratty , unbearable and not caring about anybody ’ . |
| 23 | But the man at the front had n't been told this of course , naturally enough and he could n't see that so suddenly with a jolt the wardrobe left him , two steps ' worth instead of one at a time . |
| 24 | As we noted earlier , one of the reasons why Franco ultimately revised his former anti-western attitudes was that the crisis of economic autarchy left him little choice . |
| 25 | Major Hope left him the business when he died ; he 'd lost his only son through drugs , I think , and he more or less adopted my father . |
| 26 | His observation of the way in which after 1942 Churchill took on the role of Roosevelt 's faithful second left him with long-lasting suspicions of Britain 's priorities . |
| 27 | This act left him with an interest in the company that was for most practical purposes worthless since the previous practice among the three member-directors had been to take the money out of the firm in the form of directors ' fees rather than shareholders ' dividends . |
| 28 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
| 29 | Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water . |
| 30 | She could n't leave them any money because all she had was an annuity that would come to an end when she died , but Mister Johnny 's got a little bit that his parents left him and Hepzibah makes some from the poultry , so they should have just enough . |