Example sentences of "[conj] left i [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Of course , that left me with a large question — how could people ignore what happened to the Jews ? |
2 | ‘ I 've got to lie here for the next twelve hours without moving with an ice-pack over half my face because you walked out and left me to the mercy of a predatory pit-popsy ! ’ |
3 | and left me to myself |
4 | It 's about the fact that when you walked out and left me on Saturday night you went straight to Lexy ! |
5 | Look at that time my dad did that lady over there and left me on the phone and told me to stay there and I was like that . |
6 | Dad patted me on the head and Mum gives me this little kiss on the cheek and then they went off and left me with this old woman . |
7 | One day he took me aside and left me with the designer , a nervous girl who always wore black . |
8 | I paid off his debts , but unfortunately for you , he insisted that he 'd pay me back someday and left me with a considerable number of IOUs . |
9 | ‘ She changed that overnight and left me with a broken heart — I will never be the same again . |
10 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
11 | She got what she wanted and left me with the rough end of the stick … . |
12 | ‘ Busy , ’ he replied , and while she bit down a reply of , ‘ That should keep you out of mischief , ’ Lubor went on to disappoint her some more , when he added , ‘ Mr Gajdusek has gone away and left me with very much work . ’ |
13 | ‘ They trussed me up in a skip and left me under the showers . |
14 | Mrs Reed smacked my face and left me without a word . |
15 | But then you rushed off and left me without a chance to say the most important thing of all … ’ |
16 | The effort to face up to the fact and its consequences demanded all the will-power I could muster , and left me in a mental turmoil . |