Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] left [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He — I knew what would happen — last time he — he started — he got Gary off me and left him — in his cot , he was screaming , he were scared-he was rough you see he gets rough when he 's drunk , he does n't think — ’
2 The events of the year seemed to have washed over them and left them unaltered .
3 I composed a note for them and left it in the hall beside the phone .
4 ‘ That he loved you and left you , taking all your savings with him ? ’
5 Their parting of the ways was a costly exercise for him and left him £20 million poorer after a pali-mony settlement .
6 They did a number of very unpleasant things to him and left him , dazed and confused , at New Street station at two in the morning .
7 Throw the towel over him and left him .
8 He 'd loved her and left her once , and if she gave him a chance he 'd do it again .
9 ‘ It was terrible for her and left her very shaken up .
10 Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat .
11 Backing her up to a bench , he pressed her down on to it and left her .
12 Pinched some of my old Dad 's plum brandy and soaked raisins in it and left 'em in the clearing .
13 However , when I stripped the pump off the block , cleaned it and left it on the workbench , I noticed it had leaked a small amount of oil from a 1.5mm hole located near the back underside of the pump .
14 Which brought her back to the sack and to the Friar who had carried it and left it in their care .
15 The pike rushed at it , bit it and left it in disgust .
16 His agent , Peter Müller , had prepared it and left it in one of the embassy ‘ letter boxes ’ for collection .
17 He had said it speaking what he believed to be truth and justice , said it and left it .
18 The world was a less " moral " place than it had been before the war : Germany and Japan had brought to a crisis the sickness which infected civilization , but their collapse had not cured it but left it raging everywhere . "
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