Example sentences of "[pron] be left [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually everyone leaves the room to shower and drink coffee and do all things that people usually do after intercourse — communally in this case — and Samantha and I are left alone . |
| 2 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 3 | ‘ Would you chaps mind terribly if Barry and I were left alone ? ’ the other Rex asked . |
| 4 | Well I 'm a single parent and I was left pregnant by my my boyfriend , I did n't have a choice in the matter of having I was quite happy , I was in love , I was quite happy , but I left , on my own , with a child so where does that leave me ? |
| 5 | It was a couple of weeks before and I was left high and dry without a partner . |
| 6 | When Matt married Inez I was left high and dry . |
| 7 | But he never came near me again , and I was left high and dry with all that power lying idle inside me . |
| 8 | I was left gaping . |
| 9 | ‘ At a time when I needed all possible support , I was left alone , ’ said Mrs Henry . |
| 10 | I was left alone in the middle of eight million people . |
| 11 | ‘ For selfish reasons , I was upset and annoyed that I was left alone . |
| 12 | A similar case is the sentence ( 7 ) which ends the opening paragraph of The Secret Sharer ( 3.3 ) Example 1 ) where the brevity of the sentence " And then I was left alone with my ship , anchored at the head of the Gulf of Siam " contrasts with the complexities of the preceding scene-setting sentences , as if to emphasize the insignificance of the lonely narrator against his background , the sea . |
| 13 | And then I was left alone with my ship , anchored at the head of the Gulf of Siam(7) . |
| 14 | Thus most sentences begin with a reference , actual or implied , to the first-person narrator : " On my right hand … " ( 1 ) , " To the left … " ( 2 ) , " And when I turned my h.a … ( 3 ) , " My eye followed … " ( 6 ) , " And then I was left alone … " ( 7 ) . |
| 15 | It was n't a nice ten minutes , all the consoling thoughts I 'd scraped together during the night ran away and I was left alone . |
| 16 | And I was frightened , I tell you , when I was left alone in the crypt , with a single candle to light my way , and discerned gradually , as my eyes grew accustomed to the dark , the subjects of the Prince 's experiments , standing upright , sentinels at each wall of the chamber , with glittering eyes and teeth . |
| 17 | But he did , and off she went and I was left alone . |
| 18 | A taxi was called and Hugo and the children left for Liverpool Street and I was left alone with my own thoughts , in a state of mind I could only describe as lustless . |
| 19 | When my parents went and I was left alone I cried for most of the night . |
| 20 | I was left alone . |
| 21 | Children 's Bonus Bonds , D issue , will turn £100 into £154.60 over five years and FIRST Option Bonds guarantee 6.5 per cent clear of basic rate tax on sums of £1,000 or more which are left untouched for a year . |
| 22 | And he could n't bear the thought of her being left alone with them , when he was killed . |
| 23 | The ’ other details ’ in the rule , which were left unspecified above , are to help best-rule to make a good choice of rule . |
| 24 | With reference to our discussion on April 8th , and the question which was left unanswered at the end , namely as to whether I regarded myself as ‘ happy ’ : |
| 25 | The sale price was £1M which was left outstanding . |
| 26 | An investigation has started into an attack on a pony which was left dead and mutilated in a field . |
| 27 | As one of the few major acoustic companies who are n't trying to emulate anyone else , Lowden 's guitars have great strength of character and thus tend to polarise guitarists into two camps : those who utterly adore them , and those who are left dry-eyed and unmoved . |
| 28 | This group will be especially helpful to those who are left alone and need care and support . |
| 29 | And you are left alone , unless you ask for help . |
| 30 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |